take leave of one's senses
Lose one's mind
To take leave of one's senses is to act irrationally or go temporarily crazy: Have you taken leave of your senses? You can't quit your job with no savings.
The phrase suggests a departure from reason, as if sanity were a place one has abandoned.
It often appears in exasperated questions directed at someone whose judgment seems catastrophically impaired.
- lose one's mindBecome psychologically unstable
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
confusion · impulsivity · fly off the handle · misjudgment · heedlessness · imprudence · folly · lapse in judgment · bewilderment · absent-mindedness · lunacy · cognitive distortion · out of touch · derangement · mental breakdown · temporary insanity · hallucination · forgetfulness
take leave of one's senseskeep one's head
Remain calm despite stress
keep one's wits about one · come to one's senses · think straight · stay grounded · use one's head
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