mined Idiom
bound and determined
Idiom(s): bound and determinedTheme: DETERMINATION
determined. (Fixed order.)
• We were bound and determined to get there on time.
• I'm bound and determined that this wont happen again.
bound and determined to
bound and determined toFirmly resolved to, as in He was bound and determined to finish the assignment before taking on another. This phrase is a redundancy used for emphasis, as bound and determined here both mean “resolved to.” Also see bound to, be.
get one's head examined
get one's head examinedAlso, have one's head examined. One is crazy or absolutely wrong. For example, You like this food? Go get your head examined, or If you believe that story, you should have your head examined. This hyperbolic and usually jocular expression of disagreement may, thought Eric Partridge, allude to the now discredited field of phrenology, which holds that the configurations of the skull reveal mental and emotional characteristics. [Early 1900s]
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