English in a Minute: To Have Nerve
source: VOA Learning English 2018年1月27日
Originally published at - https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...
# have a ˈnerve (informal):
behave in a way that other people think is rude or not appropriate: She had a nerve, arriving half an hour late for the meeting. ♢ She borrowed my new bicycle without asking. What a nerve!
# have a nerve:
Also, have some nerve. Have audacity, show effrontery. For example, You have a nerve telling me what to do, or She had some nerve, criticizing the people who donated their time. The related have the nerve is used with an infinitive, as in He had the nerve to scold his boss in public. This idiom uses nerve in the sense of "courage" or "audacity." [Late 1800s]
(source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+nerve)
