not to be in one's right mind

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• not in one's right mind —    Someone who is not in their right mind is not behaving in a logical or sensible way.     Julie wasn t in her right mind the day she bought that outfit. It doesn t suit her at all! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• in one's right mind — Quite sane • • • Main Entry: ↑right * * * (not) in one s right mind (not) sane …   Useful english dictionary

• in one's right mind — {adj. phr.} Accountable; sane and sober. * /If you were in your right mind, you wouldn t be saying such stupid things to our boss./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• in one's right mind — {adj. phr.} Accountable; sane and sober. * /If you were in your right mind, you wouldn t be saying such stupid things to our boss./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• right — [rīt] adj. [ME < OE riht, straight, direct, right, akin to Ger recht < IE base * reĝ , straight, stretch out, put in order > RICH, RECKON, L regere, to rule, rex, king, regula, a rule] 1. Obs. not curved; straight: now only in… …   English World dictionary

• no one in their right mind would do something — spoken phrase used for saying that someone would have to be crazy to do something No one in their right mind would go out with him. Thesaurus: not sensible or reasonablesynonym Main entry: right …   Useful english dictionary

• right, rightly — Right can be a noun (you have a right), a verb (right this wrong), an adjective (my right foot), or an adverb (right after bedtime). Rightly is an adverb only (rightly dressed). Both right and rightly can be used as adverbs to modify verbs (Spell …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• mind — mind1 [ maınd ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the part of you that thinks, knows, remembers, and feels things: His mind was full of the things he had seen that day. I need a walk to clear my mind. in someone s mind: I wonder what s going on in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• right — I adj. 1) right about (to be right about smt.) 2) right in (you were right in assuming that) 3) right to + inf. (it was right of her to refuse = she was right to refuse) 4) right that + clause (it s not right that they should be treated in that… …   Combinatory dictionary

• right — adj., n., v., adv., & int. adj. 1 (of conduct etc.) just, morally or socially correct (it is only right to tell you; I want to do the right thing). 2 true, correct; not mistaken (the right time; you were right about the weather). 3 less wrong or… …   Useful english dictionary

• Mind control — (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion, mind abuse, thought control, or thought reform) refers to a process in which a group or individual systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes… …   Wikipedia