HAVE YOUR HEAD SCREWED ON (THE RIGHT WAY)

Meaning of HAVE YOUR HEAD SCREWED ON (THE RIGHT WAY) in English

( informal ) to be a sensible person

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
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WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
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ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
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HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
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WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
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RIGHT — — rightable , adj. /ruyt/ , adj., righter, rightest , n., adv., v. adj. 1. in accordance with what is …
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HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
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HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
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WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
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RIGHT — I. ˈrīt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht; akin to Old High German reht right, Latin rectus straight, …
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YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
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YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
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WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
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RIGHT — / raɪt; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb , exclamation ■ adjective MORALLY GOOD 1. [ not …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
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ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
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WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
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SCREWED — adj. 1 twisted. 2 sl. a ruined; rendered ineffective. b drunk.
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
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SCREWED — adj. 1 twisted. 2 sl. a ruined; rendered ineffective. b drunk.
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
SCREWED — adj.1 twisted. 2 sl. a ruined; rendered ineffective. b drunk.
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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RIGHT — I. CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE /raɪt/ ( rights, righting, righted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
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YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
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ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
SCREWED — up [adjective] [informal]He's been really screwed up since his wife died.
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RIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, …
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SCREWED — (v): fecked, in trouble (ireland sleng)
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WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
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