speak mind Idiom, Proverb

a piece of my mind

my criticism of what you did, a tongue-lashing If my son stayed out all night, I'd give him a piece of my mind.

absent-minded

forgetful Our neighbor is very absent-minded and is always getting locked out of his house.

blow your mind

amaze you, astound you, shock you Watching films of the holocaust will blow your mind.

boggle the mind

stop the normal thinking process by being fantastic or incredible, unbelievable It really boggles the mind when you think how quickly the Internet began to have a major impact on people's lives.

boggle your mind

confuse you, make your head spin These numbers boggle my mind. I don't understand them.

bring to mind

recall something Her perfect acting brought to mind some of the great actresses of the past.

change one's mind

decide to do something different from what had been decided

change your mind

choose a different plan, change your decision Please change your mind about leaving home. Please don't go.

clear your head/mind

relax so you can think clearly After an argument I need time to clear my head, to become calm.

do you mind

do you care? does it matter? Do you mind if I sit on your desk? Does it bother you?

speak (one's) mind

To articulation one's thoughts audibly or bluntly. Can I aloof allege my mind, alike admitting you apparently won't like what I accept to say?Learn more: mind, speak

speak one's mind

Fig. to say bluntly what one thinks (about something). Please let me allege my mind, and again you can do whatever you wish. You can consistently depend on John to allege his mind. He'll let you apperceive what he absolutely thinks.Learn more: mind, speak

speak one's mind, to

To say what one thinks. The abstraction of putting the mind’s capacity in words is apparently ancient, but the announcement is aboriginal apparent in Shakespeare’s works, as, “Give me leave to allege my mind” (As You Like It, 2.7). A analogue is to allege one’s piece, which transfers piece in the faculty of a recited access to the announcement of an opinion. It dates from the mid-1800s; C. F. Browne wrote in A. Ward: His Travels (1865), “I accept announced my allotment about the Ariel.” From the aforementioned aeon we accept yet addition equivalent, to accept one’s say. George Meredith acclimated it in Richard Feverel (1859): “Lobourne had its say on the subject.”Learn more: speak

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