词汇 | have a good head on shoulders |
释义 | Idiom have a good head on shouldershave a good head on (your) shoulders to be clever.You can trust Laura with the money - she's got a good head on her shoulders. have a good head on (one's) shouldersTo be capable of making sound, responsible decisions. Joe has a good head on his shoulders, so I highly doubt that he would go to Vegas and gamble all his money away. have a good head on one's shouldersFig. to have common sense; to be sensible and intelligent. Mary doesn't do well in school, but she's got a good head on her shoulders. John has a good head on his shoulders and can be depended on to give good advice. good head on one's shoulders, to have aTo be intelligent or shrewd. This term began life in the sixteenth century as having an old head on young shoulders, meaning a young person who has an old person’s wisdom. Sometime in the course of time “old” was clarified into “good,” although in the nineteenth century it was also put as simply having a head on one’s shoulders. |
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