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Our goal for the lesson "Today's Idiom = Take Leave Of One's Senses" is for you to completely understand what take leave of one's senses means,
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2. take leave of one's senses. Behave irrationally, act crazy, as in Give them the keys to the house? Have you taken leave of your senses?
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The related bring someone to his or her senses was used by John Gay in his Beggars' Opera (1727). Also see take leave (of one's senses).
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14. take leave of one's senses See leave2 [8] npl → sens mpl to come to one's senses (= regain consciousness) → reprendre ses sens (= become reasonable) → revenir à la raison to take leave of one's senses → perdre la tête...
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14. take leave of one's senses See leave2 [8] npl → sens mpl to come to one's senses (= regain consciousness) → reprendre ses sens (= become reasonable) → revenir à la raison to take leave of one's senses → perdre la tête...
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(Often verbatim with one's.) What are you doing? Have you taken leave of your senses? What a terrible situation! It's enough to make one take leave of one's
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(Often verbatim with one's.) What are you doing? Have you taken leave of your senses? What a terrible situation! It's enough to make one take leave of one's
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Definitions may seem redundant ("arm of the law - criminal law, personified by the police"), but open this book at any page and just revel in the imagery: not see the wood for the trees, run to seed, send packing, take leave of one's senses, separate the sheep from the goats, whited sepulchre, serve him right.
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Perdre la raison: To take leave of one's senses/To lose one's mind; Papa a raison: Father knows best; Vous avez toujours raison: You're always right; T'as besoin d'avoir une bonne raison: You better have a good reason;
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sense use in phrases and idioms. Idioms with sense. sense in expressions. Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. Fig. to become irrational. (Often verbatim with one's.) What are you doing? Have you taken leave of your senses? What a terrible situation! It's enough to make one take leave of one's senses.
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