How do you use this phrase?
How we can use this phrase and what does it mean? "I have been had."
and what is this accourding in grammar?
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It means you have been conned, swindled or cheated.
Passive present perfect. It doesn't say who has "had" you.
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the meaning of "have been had" is "been cheated". What is the origin of this idiom? It is really special in the sense that none of the individual words in this idiom convey the meaning of deceit in any way.
1)Past /Present Perfect Continuous tense
Present perfect continuous Tense – has been/have been
Past Perfect Continuous Tense – had been
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