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View synonyms for in one's right mind

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In a healthy mental state; sane and rational. For example, No one in his right mind would ski down this icy slope . This expression is often used in a negative construction, as in the example. The positive sense appears in the New Testament (Mark 5:15), where a deranged man whom Jesus helped is now “sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind.” The antonym out of one's mind , as in You must be out of your mind to swim in that icy stream , is from the same period. [c. 1600] Also see go out of one's mind .

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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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