in one's right mind en · ADP
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(idiomatic) Thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.
“[…] Is Mike Hartley in his right mind, do you think, sir?” inquired Sweeting, simply. “Can’t tell, Davy; he may be crazed or he may be only crafty—or, perhaps, a little of both.”
1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Levitical”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 17:Who in his right mind would want to know he had a disease that would inevitably rob him of that mind?
2010 October 31, Alice Park, “New Research on Understanding Alzheimer's”, in Time:But the poor fellow was—what is it?—demented. He was not in his right mind.
1905, H. G. Wells, The Empire of the Ants:If you find she was not in her right mind, that she was the victim of insanity, hereditary or momentary, as it has been explained, your verdict will take that into account.
1873, Mark Twain, chapter 56, in The Gilded Age:
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fr sain d'esprit (sane) · pl przy zdrowych zmysłach (sane) · hu eszénél van (sane) · es en su juicio (sane) · es en sus cabales (sane) · fi järjissään (sane) · de bei klarem Verstand (sane) · ru в здра́вом уме́ (sane) · de bei Sinnen (sane) · es en su sano juicio (sane) · hu épelméjű (sane) · ro în toate mințile (sane) · es muy en juicio (sane) · hu épeszű (sane) · hu normális (sane) · pl o zdrowych zmysłach (sane) · ru в своём уме́ (sane)