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Example sentences for: haben

How can you use “haben” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Although Grille (in Grillen im Kopf haben) means, quite correctly, cricket in its first and literal meaning, and strange and surprising idea in its figurative sense, it ought to be mentioned that there is a direct, traceable link between the two: Grille acquired its figurative sense in the 16th century when—at least in Germany—the superstition prevailed that the demons of illness appeared in the guise of an insect.
ein Gesicht wie 37 Tage Regenwetter haben, Lit. to have a face like 37 days of rain: to have a long face
It should be added, however, that four figures can be used in connection with the phrase ein Gesicht wie 3/7/10/14 Tage Regenwetter haben .
das Schäfchen im Trockenen haben, Lit. to have brought the sheep into the dry: to have made one's pile
The last German phrase in Ms. Flanders' article, ein Gesicht wie 37 Regenwetter haben , is also not quite correct, as Robert J. Powers notes [EPISTOLA, XXII,3,14].