Afford any bruise of yours?

No, bruises are rather minor.

Son, be careful. We can't have you injured here in the heart of the forest.

Mister MicawberWe can't have you injured

Hi! Sir Thanks for answering.
Sir! I could not understand,what does the above phrase mean?what type of use of "have" is this? Is it like a passive of causative or can you please elaborate this?

"We can't have X" is an idiomatic way of saying "X would be unacceptable; we don't want X." In this case, is means "It would be bad if you were to be injured in the forest. We should try to prevent it."

(Note that "we can't have you inured" does not mean "we can't arrange for someone to injure you," like the meaning of "have someone killed" that was discussed recently in a diffe

silak12What type of use of "have" is this?

can't have ~ can't allow; don't want

You can think of it as another definition of "have". It's not a special construction like 'causative' or 'passive'.

We can't have you hurt ~ We can't allow you to be hurt. ~ We can't handle a situation in which you are hurt. ~ We don't want a situation in which y

Thanks! Khoff and Calif,I am very grateful to both of you for helping me.