| 单词 | to take leave of one's senses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take leave of one's senses (also occasionally sense) (d) to take leave of one's senses (also occasionally sense): to stop thinking or acting sanely, normally, or sensibly; to act foolishly, ill-advisedly, or uncharacteristically. ΚΠ 1703 Lett. from Living to Living 54 Should I once take leave of my Senses, to give a Farewell to those Profits that have made me taken for one that has had Prodigious Intellectuals. 1775 Mod. Hon. i. 22 This master of mine, has taken leave of his senses. 1854 Methodist Q. Rev. Jan. 140 As to his denying logic, if he has ever done that, I should say that he must have taken leave of his sense. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. xv. 187 The public..would think that the artist had taken leave of his senses. 1938 K. O'Brien Pray for Wanderer (1951) ix. 171 God! Was he taking leave of his senses? 1995 K. Ishiguro Unconsoled xxii. 314 Have you altogether taken leave of your senses? 2011 Independent 17 Aug. (Viewspaper section) 5/1 A Republican party that..has taken leave of its senses. < as lemmas |
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