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单词 to have a head on one's shoulders
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to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders
(c) to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders and variants: to be sensible, level-headed, reliable, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase]
on one's feetOE
an old head on (also upon) young shoulders1591
to know enough to come in out of the rain1599
to have the (good) sense to (do something)1620
to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders1659
to know enough to come (or go) in when it rains1797
to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails)1897
1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 13/2 in Παροιμιογραϕια He that hath money in his purse cannot want a head for his shoulders.
1758 Centinel I. 123 They will shew to the world the existence of that paradox, a good woman with a head upon her shoulders.
1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xvi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 412 Lady Dashfort, who had always..‘her head upon her shoulders’.
1823 Sporting Mag. Sept. 283/2 No one..who has a good head on his shoulders, but what must see the folly of training race horses in the way they are now trained.
1852 H. H. Paul Dashes Amer. Humour 48 That's nothin' to nobody, so long as I carry a wise head on my shoulders and regelate the nashun!
1912 Children's Friend Feb. 59 She answered so clearly and modestly that she saw she had a good head on her shoulders.
1946 W. S. Maugham Then & Now 277 Evidently she needed a man to protect her and Piero has a head on his shoulders.
1997 L. E. Pettiway Workin' It 121 When you deal with somebody, you got to get into them. You've got to have your head on your shoulders. You've got to be more cautious.
2011 S. Poulson-Bryant VIPs 335 You always did have a good head on your shoulders, Joey.
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