For a brief moment after the discovery, he felt he had the world by the neck and could do anything.

For a brief, dizzying year she had the world by the balls, and no one could challenge her decisions.

After signing the deal, she said she had the world by the tail.

Rumors had spread that the old bridge would collapse, so they had said, but no one prepared for the storm.

Some townsfolk said he had a screw loose after his bizarre behavior at the festival.

She had a dog in the fight and later regretted the chaos it caused.

Before the old bookstore closed, it had been around long enough for several generations to grow up visiting it.

She had it both ways when she kept the stable job for security and worked on her startup on the side.

Everyone else brought exotic desserts, but I had a normal one.

When we visited them last month, she had a bun in the oven and everyone was thrilled.