The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job.
Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever she takes a notion.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
take it into one's head — 1. To conceive the (esp wrong or foolish) notion, believe (with that) 2. To conceive the (esp misguided) intention of (with to) • • • Main Entry: ↑head … Useful english dictionary
take it into one's head — or {informal}[take a notion] {v. phr.} To get a sudden idea; decide without thinking. * /The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job./ * /Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever she takes a… … Dictionary of American idioms
take it into one's head — or {informal}[take a notion] {v. phr.} To get a sudden idea; decide without thinking. * /The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job./ * /Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever she takes a… … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ into\ one's\ head — • take (it) into one s head • take a notion informal v. phr. To get a sudden idea; decide without thinking. The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job. Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever… … Словарь американских идиом
take into one's head — phrasal : to conceive as a sudden notion : be seized with an idea or form a sudden resolve took it into his head to open a small shop of his own * * * take into one s head To be seized with a notion • • • Main Entry: ↑take … Useful english dictionary
into one's head — See: BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, TAKE INTO ONE S HEAD … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's head — See: BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, TAKE INTO ONE S HEAD … Dictionary of American idioms
into\ one's\ head — See: beat into one s head, take into one s head … Словарь американских идиом
take it into one's head to do something — impetuously decide to do something … Useful english dictionary
beat into one's head — {v. phr.}, {informal} To teach by telling again and again; repeat often; drill, also, to be cross and punish often. * /Tom is lazy and stubborn and his lessons have to be beaten into his head./ * /I cannot beat it into his head that he should… … Dictionary of American idioms
