10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE IT INTO ONE'S HEAD»
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itfelSS I ikfE (i&^f-) (The naughty boy took it into his head to run away from home,
if! to ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
get it into one's head take it into one's head get it into one's head - I. realize the
significance of smth.: I wish you would get it into your head, once and for all. that l'
m not made of money. 2. start to imagine or believe smth. without sufficient ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
to take it into one's head to do something/that decide (especially something
unexpected or foolish) She's taken it into her head that we will not invite her for
our wedding. two heads are better than one (saying) two people working together
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... get or take it into one's head. From an impression, idea, or plan. For example,
What strange idea has she got into her head? or He took it into his head that you
want to quit. [Late 1600s] Also see get through one's head. get into the act Also, ...
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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and ...
V. To suppose, conjecture, surmise, guess, divine, theorize, presuppose, assume
, fancy, wis, take it, presume, presurmise. Phr. To give a guess ; to hazard, or
throw out a conjecture ; to dare to say ; to take it into one's head ; to take for
granted.
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Concise English Dictionary
above, over, one's head beyond one's comprehension; bring, come to a head to
cause to reach a climax or crisis; get, take, it into one's head to conceive the, esp.
wrong or foolish, notion (that); give a horse his heud to let him go as he chooses
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... again at our committee meeting. soft in the head (inf) stupid or unintelligent: If
you think I'm going to play football in this weather you must be soft in the head!
take it into one's head 1 to come to believe, usu wrongly, that something is true
etc.
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
... stupid or unintelligent: If you think I'm going to play football in this weather you
must be soft in the head! take it into one's head 1 to come to believe, usu wrongly,
that something is true etc: He's taken it into his head that everybody hates him.
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Oxford Dictionary of English
... head? standing on one's head with no difficulty at all: I could design this
garden standing on my head. stand (or turn) something on its head completely
reverse the principles or interpretation of an idea or argument. take it into one's
head to ...
... consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look
upon as, account as, set down as; surmise &c. 514. get it into one's head, take it
into one's head; come round to an opinion; swallow &c. (credulity) 486. cause to ...
