Meanings
present singular third person has a way with · participle present having a way with · participle past had a way with · past had a way with
- idiomaticinformalTo be skilled, adept, or graceful with or at (something).
to have a way with words
2 more examples
She has a way with animals, and they seem instinctively to trust her.
[…] The slinger can put a stone through a gnat's eye at forty paces, and the ugly one has a way with horses, but if my queen says that they must die. . .”
2011, George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire), Book Five, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 303
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 對…… 頗有一手 /对…… 颇有一手
- 對…… 頗有一手 /对…… 颇有一手 (duì... pō yǒuyīshǒu)be skilled
Finnish olla taitava jossakin
- olla taitava jossakinbe skilled
French savoir y faire
- savoir y fairebe skilled
German ein Händchen haben (für etwas)
- ein Händchen haben (für etwas)be skilled
Polish być za pan brat, mieć rękę
- być za pan bratbe skilled
- mieć rękębe skilled
Spanish tener [una] habilidad con / para, ser hábil con / para
- tener [una] habilidad con / parabe skilled
- ser hábil con / parabe skilled
- tener facilidad para tratar conbe skilled
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