单词 | to be all there |
释义 | > as lemmasto be all there b. to be all there (colloquial): to have all one's faculties or wits about one; to be smart or on the alert; hence, not all there = not quite right in the head. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > be alert to have one's wits about one1622 to be all there1864 he (or she) never misses (does not miss, etc.) a trick1922 to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937 to be on the ball1939 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad maddish1573 skyred1581 cracked1610 conundrumed1629 touchy-headed1666 touched1672 half-witted1712 maddy1719 Fifish1821 cracky1850 not all there1864 mattoid1891 tetched1930 as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932 1864 M. Gatty Parables 4th Ser. 3 Hans Jansen was what is commonly called not all there. 1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water xx It was his excusable boast..that when anything was wanted he was ‘all there’. 1889 L. B. Walford Stiff-necked Generation 325 ‘Was he there after dinner last night?’ ‘Very much there’. 1900 Daily News 23 Apr. 8/1 But they were of the real Lancashire type, and were, as the phrase goes, ‘all there’. < as lemmas |
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