| 单词 | in one's right mind |
| 释义 | in one's right mindSEE SYNONYMS FOR in one's right mind ON THESAURUS.COM In a healthy mental state; sane and rational. For example, No one in his right mind would ski down this icy slope. This expression is often used in a negative construction, as in the example. The positive sense appears in the New Testament (Mark 5:15), where a deranged man whom Jesus helped is now “sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind.” The antonym out of one's mind, as in You must be out of your mind to swim in that icy stream, is from the same period. [c. 1600] Also see go out of one's mind. Words nearby in one's right mindin one's own backyard, in one's own right, in one's own world, in one's pocket, in one's prime, in one's right mind, in one's shell, in one's tracks, in one stroke, in one's way, Inönü 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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