all his marbles

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• all his marbles — normal, sensible    Dan talks to the door. I wonder if he s got all his marbles …   English idioms

• have all your marbles — have all (your) marbles informal lose (your) marbles to start acting in a strange way and forgetting things. He s pretty old but he still has all his marbles, if that s what you mean …   New idioms dictionary

• marbles — noun 1. a children s game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass) (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑child s game 2. the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception he used his wits to get ahead I was scared out of my wits… …   Useful english dictionary

• have all one’s marbles — tv. to have all one’s mental faculties; to be mentally sound. (See also lose (all) one’s marbles. Have got can replace have.) □ I don’t think he has all his marbles. □ Do you think Bob has all his marbles? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• Marbles (band) — Marbles is the solo recording project of The Apples in Stereo singer and chief songwriter Robert Schneider. The project started out in 1993 when Schneider would record his various musical endeavors on cassette for various people he knew, but was… …   Wikipedia

• have\ all\ one's\ marbles — • have all one s buttons • have all one s marbles v. phr. slang To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons. He would not go to town… …   Словарь американских идиом

• have all marbles — have all (your) marbles informal lose (your) marbles to start acting in a strange way and forgetting things. He s pretty old but he still has all his marbles, if that s what you mean …   New idioms dictionary

• have\ all\ one's\ buttons — • have all one s buttons • have all one s marbles v. phr. slang To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons. He would not go to town… …   Словарь американских идиом

• have all one's buttons — or[have all one s marbles] {v. phr.}, {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• have all one's buttons — or[have all one s marbles] {v. phr.}, {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lose one's marbles — go crazy or act irrationally He seems to have lost his marbles and doesn t make any sense at all …   Idioms and examples