单词 | have all one's buttons |
释义 | have all one's buttonsAlso, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles, meaning “become (or be) mentally deficient.” Words nearby have all one's buttonshave a hand in, have a hard time, have a head for, have a heart, have a hold over, have all one's buttons, have a lot going for, have a lot on one's plate, have a mind to, have an ax to grind, have an edge on The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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