have\ all\ one's\ marbles

have\ all\ one's\ marbles
• have all one's buttons
• have all one's marbles
v. phr. slang
To have all your understanding; be reasonable. - Usually used in the negative or conditionally.

Mike acts sometimes as if he didn't have all his buttons.

He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • have all one’s marbles — tv. to have all one’s mental faculties; to be mentally sound. (See also lose (all) one’s marbles. Have got can replace have.) □ I don’t think he has all his marbles. □ Do you think Bob has all his marbles? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • have\ all\ one's\ buttons — • have all one s buttons • have all one s marbles v. phr. slang To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons. He would not go to town… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • have all one's buttons — or[have all one s marbles] {v. phr.}, {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have all one's buttons — or[have all one s marbles] {v. phr.}, {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts sometimes as if he didn t have all his buttons./ * /He would not go to town barefooted if he… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose (all) one’s marbles — tv. to become crazy. (See also have all one’s marbles.) □ Have you lost all your marbles? □ She acts like she lost her marbles …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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  • all — See: AFTER ALL, AND ALL, AT ALL, BEAT ALL or BEAT THE DUTCH, FOR ALL, FOR ALL ONE IS WORTH, FOR ALL ONE KNOWS, FOR ALL THE WORLD, FOR GOOD also FOR GOOD AND ALL, FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE S HEART or WITH ALL ONE S HEART, HAVE ALL ONE S BUTTONS or… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • all — See: after all, and all, at all, beat all or beat the Dutch, for all, for all one is worth, for all one knows, for all the world, for good also for good and all, from the bottom of one s heart or with all one s heart, have all one s buttons or… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • marbles —  1. Testicles.  2. have all one s marbles Be alert, well informed, efficient …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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