anything to say

[keitra]

What does 'The home office has anything to say about it' meaan in the following? It's not as if the average couple is going to spend languorous hours in their suites'[not so long as the home office has anything to say about it.

[geofbob]

There's a saying, keitra, that context is all, and it would help if you said what book, article etc this quote comes from. But I suspect that "home office" is referring to some managing agency of the couple referred to, NOT to the UK Government Department.

[geofbob]

Sorry, you asked about "anything to say about it"; well this simply means "if they have any influence over it", the assumption being that the "home office" would not approve of "langorous hours" etc.

[xyzzyplugh]

Is this Arts? or Literature?, as from this distinction could depend your answer..