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View synonyms for all there

all there



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Idioms and Phrases

Having one's wits about one, mentally competent, as in John may seem absentminded, but believe me, he's all there . This phrase is often used negatively, as not all there , for being without one's full faculties. For example, I wonder about Justin; sometimes it seems as if he's not all there . [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

The bored expression in the eyes—the rabbit, not-all-there expression—gave place sometimes to another look.

That's the only explanation of All-there-is which will hold water, and it holds water and everything else.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from 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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