have one's head screwed on right
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
46
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of have one's head screwed on.
Example Sentences
- "I think that while I suspect that any relationship between people of widely divergent ages has built into it by definition even more difficulties than the average relationship does — which is saying something — if one has one's head screwed on right, one will approach such a situation with caution for precisely those reasons."
Inflected Forms
has one's head screwed on right (present, singular)
having one's head screwed on right (participle, present)
had one's head screwed on right (participle, past)
had one's head screwed on right (past)