have all (one's) buttons Idiome

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pop your buttons

feel very proud, be full of pride When you received the award, did you pop your buttons?

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push the right buttons

say the right things, do the right things The players want to play for Pat. She pushes all the right buttons.

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buttons

police

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Don't push my buttons!

This can be said to someone who is starting to annoy you.

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have all one's buttons|buttons|have|have all one's

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.

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have all one's buttons

have all one's buttons
Also, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles, meaning “become (or be) mentally deficient.”

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lose one's buttons

lose one's buttons
see under have all one's buttons.

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push someone's buttons

push someone's buttons
Also, press someone's buttons. Draw a strong emotional reaction from someone, especially anger or sexual arousal. For example, My mother-in-law really knew how to push my buttons, or A good-looking redhead, she always seemed to press his buttons. This metaphoric expression transfers activating some mechanism by pushing buttons to human emotions. [Slang; 1920s]

have all (one's) buttons

To be mentally complete or stable. Now that I've gotten a acceptable night's sleep, I'm starting to feel like I accept all my buttons again. Grandma still has all her buttons in animosity of her added bloom problems.Learn more: all, button, have

have all one's buttons

Also, have all one's marbles. Be absolutely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not abiding he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles , acceptation "become (or be) mentally deficient." Learn more: all, button, have

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