Смысл: common sense

common sense[͵kɒmənʹsens]
<Í> здравый смысл; практический ум

sense Идиома

common sense

"the ability to make logical decisions; horse sense" It is because she has common sense that we ask her opinion.

horse sense

wisdom in making decisions He doesn

make sense

seem reasonable His proposal makes absolutely no sense.

make sense of it

understand it, fathom it, see how it happened He is my father, but I am not his son. Can you make sense of it?

no nonsense

serious, not joking, strictly business Gil is a very serious person - a no-nonsense kind of guy.

sense of humor

"sense of what is humorous; what is funny" He has a broad sense of humor. He laughs at himself and others.

take leave of your senses

act like a fool, not think clearly, off your rocker If you wear your bathing suit to church, people will think you've taken leave of your senses.

warped sense of humor

thinking that weird things are funny If you laugh at cruelty, you have a warped sense of humor.

sense

an abbreviation of the word "sinsemellia", which is a form of marijuana that has no seeds, because it is isolated from male pollen during te blooming process. Instead of making seeds, the marijuana plant makes more THC, hence this "sense" is more potent, and generally better than standard ganja

in a sense

in a way；in one respect在某种意义上
What you say is true in a sense．你所说的在某种意义上是对的。
In a sense，arithmetic is a language．从某种意义上说，算术是一种语言。

in no sense

not at all并不；毫不
The older boy is in no sense wiser than the younger one．那个岁数大的男孩一点也不比那个岁数小的聪明。

make sense of

understand； interpret successfully 理解
Even though the speaker had a strong accent，
Henry could catch on to his story， but Tom couldn't make sense of it at all．尽管演讲者地方口音很重，但是亨利能听懂他的话，而汤姆却一点儿也听不懂。
Can you make sense of what he said？你听懂他说的话吗？
I can't make sense of either the Chinese or Korean language，and that's why I can't tell them apart．我既不懂汉语，也不懂朝鲜语，这就是我分不清这两种语言的原因。

out of one's head/mind/senses

acting in a crazy way行为疯狂；特别地
He must have been out of his mind to say something like that．他说出那样的话来，一定是精神错乱了。
The patient was feverish and out of his head and had to be watched．病人发高烧，神志不清，需要守护。
Sam was out of his senses with grief and rage．山姆由于悲痛和愤怒而失去理智。

out of one's senses

take leave of one's senses

Idiom(s): take leave of one's senses

Theme: CRAZINESS

to become irrational. (Often verbatim with one's.)
• What are you doing? Have you taken leave of your senses?
• What a terrible situation! It's enough to make one take leave of one's senses.

stuff and nonsense

Idiom(s): stuff and nonsense

Theme: NONSENSE

nonsense. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• Come on! Don't give me all that stuff and nonsense!
• I don't understand this book. It's all stuff and nonsense as far as I am concerned.

make sense out of

Idiom(s): make sense out of sb or sth

Theme: MEANING

to understand or interpret someone or something. (Also with some, as in the second example.)
• I can hardly make sense out of John.
• I'm trying to make some sense out of what John is saying.

lull sb into a false sense of security

Idiom(s): lull sb into a false sense of security

Theme: DECEPTION

to lead someone into believing that all is well before attacking or doing something bad to someone.
• We lulled the enemy into a false sense of security by pretending to retreat. Then we launched an attack.
• The boss lulled us into a false sense of security by saying that our jobs were safe and then let half the staff go.

come to one's senses

Idiom(s): come to one's senses

Theme: ALERTNESS

to wake up; to become conscious; to start thinking clearly.
• John, come to your senses. You're being quite stupid.
• In the morning I don't come to my senses until I have had two cups of coffee.

Sixth Sense

A paranormal sense that allows you to communicate with the dead.

to have more money than sense

to have a lot of money which you waste rather than spend carefully: "He just bought another camera - he has more money than sense."

come to one's senses|come|sense|senses

v. phr. 1. Become conscious again; wake up. The boxer was knocked out and did not come to his senses for several minutes. The doctors gave Tom an anesthetic before his operation; then the doctor took out Tom's appendix before he came to his senses.
Compare: COME TO¹. 2. To think clearly; behave as usual or as you should; act sensibly. A boy threw a snowball at me and before I could come to my senses he ran away. Don't act so foolishly. Come to your senses!
Antonym: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.

horse sense|horse|sense

n., informal A good understanding about what to do in life; good judgment; wisdom in making decisions. Bill had never been to college, but he had plenty of horse sense. Some people are well educated and read many books, but still do not have much horse sense.

in a sense|sense

adv. phr. In some ways but not in all; somewhat. Mr. Smith said our school is the best in the state, and in a sense that is true. In a sense, arithmetic is a language.

make sense|make|sense

v. phr. 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard.
Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or practical. Does it make sense to let little children play with matches?

stuff and nonsense|nonsense|stuff

n. Foolish or empty writing or talk; nonsense. Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense. Often used as an interjection. When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, her mother answered, "Stuff and nonsense! I know there's a test today."

take leave of one's senses|leave|senses|take

v. phr. To go mad; become crazy. "Have you taken leave of your senses? "Jake cried, when he saw Andy swallow a live goldfish.

nonsense

nonsense
see stuff and nonsense.

talk sense

talk sense
Speak rationally and coherently, as in Ranting and raving won't help; it's time we talked sense, or I wish you'd talk some sense into that son of yours. Shakespeare used this idiom in slightly different form in The Merry Wives of Windsor (2:1): “Believe it, Page, he speaks sense.”