in their right minds
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4.5
- idiom
- Informal
:
en su sano juicio
- Who in their right mind wants to do that?
- nobody in their right mind wants
- anyone in their right mind
- think anyone in their right mind
And who in their right mind would possibly want to?
- And who in their right mind would possibly want to?
- Nobody in their right mind would ever actually buy them.
- No one in their right mind does that unless they've had a thought of selling.
- Nobody in their right mind could have told me that Boston wouldn't have won that game.
- And I mean, no one in their right mind would fight their way through all of this to get up there.
- And I'm just like, how could anybody in their right mind vote for this man who's talking about fictional characters, an election he won.
- Someone that gave you a phone number in an e-mail, like hello, Who in their right mind does that?
- No, And like, no fiance in their right mind would go.
- Maybe we're talking about some silly book that nobody in their right mind want to read.
- And I mean that, that thing about protection, no one, no one in their right mind believes that.
- Yeah, Now who in their right mind would not have gone back and made it less smelly, cheaper in a bigger normal Coca-Cola sized can?
Examples
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What parent in their right mind would let their child watch such foolishness?
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Nobody in their right mind would buy a house without inspecting it first.
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Otherwise, nobody in their right mind would teach middle school, right?
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And who in their right mind would possibly want to?
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And I mean, no one in their right mind would fight their way through all of this to get up there.
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No one in their right mind wants to do that.
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But who in their right mind would ever give that away?
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Nobody in their right mind wants to come to London right now.
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How can anybody in their right mind want to be anything else?
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Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be a publisher?
Synonyms
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3.2
Having a healthy mind and able to think clearly
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4.6
Thinking clearly and acting sensibly
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6.5
Able to think clearly and make decisions
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4.6
Thinking and acting in a sensible, normal way
Thinking and acting in a sensible, normal way
Antonyms
How Sane
- Informal
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4.5
595
2.7
192
4.4
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4.4
- Slur
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4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('sane' or 'acting sensibly') is partly derivable from the parts: 'right' (correct/appropriate) combined with 'mind' (the thinking faculty) yields the idea of being in a correct state of mind. However, the idiomatic shift from ‘correct mind’ to ‘sane/sensible’ and the conventionalized plural form make the interpretation somewhat metaphorical and not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
In their right minds comes from the simple image of a right and clear mind that is working properly rather than confused. So, it means 'thinking and acting rationally'.