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know whether one is Arthur or Martha en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial) To be in a clear state of mind.
    • His impression was that practically everyone at the party had been drinking on the night in question, and 'wouldn't have known whether they were Arthur or Martha. 2007, Helen Garner, The First Stone: 25th Anniversary Edition, Picador Australia, →ISBN:
    • The poor little darling had so many mothers; she didn't know whether she was Arthur or Martha! 2012, Marie-Therese Gould (Stein), Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay: A Journey From Mitchell to Ma’s, Xlibris Corporation, page 241
    • 'For an hour or two after he's had that, he doesn't know whether he's Arthur or Martha.' 2012, Dawn Eagle, Eliza and the Blue Rose, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 266:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
known whether one was Arthur or Martha Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
knowing whether one is Arthur or Martha Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
knew whether one was Arthur or Martha Tense=Past lexicographic
knows whether one is Arthur or Martha Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic