[General] off one's head

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

A hundred times he had heard the old man spoken of as a little off his head.

off one’s head = out of one’s mind

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

 

[stanislaw.masny]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentence?

A hundred times he had heard the old man spoken of as a little off his head.

off one’s head = out of one’s mind

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

off one's head = crazy, mad.

 

[emsr2d2]

It is sometimes used to mean drunk or stoned, along with "off one's face".

He was off his head that night, having drunk half a bottle of vodka.

He was completely off his face on cocaine.

 

[vil]

in one's right mind = in a healthy mental state; sane and rational

The antonym of the phrase above is out of one's mind = crazy, mad


Regards,


V.

 

[sarat_106]

in one's right mind= in a healthy mental state; sane and rational

The antonym of the phrase above is out of one's mind = crazy, mad


Regards,


V.

in one's right mind=behaving responsibly
I think that nobody in his right mind would act so foolishly to invite criticism.

 

[vil]

in one’s right mind = accountable; sane and sober.

If you were in your right mind, you wouldn't be saying such stupid things to our boss.

lose one's mind = out of one’s mind = go crazy, lose one's sanity, as in I thought she'd lost her mind when she said she was going ice-fishing, or That assignment is enough to make me lose my reason. The first expression dates from the late 1500s; the second employs reason in the sense of "unimpaired mental faculties," a usage dating from the late 1300s. Also see under go out of one's mind; have all one's buttons.

Regards,

V.