have a good mind to



have a good mind to

Be strongly inclined to, as in She had a good mind to tell him everything. A slightly weaker form of this idiom is have a mind to, as in I have a mind to spend my next vacation in the desert. Formerly this idiom was sometimes put as have a great mind to. [c. 1400] Also see half a mind.
See also: good, have, mind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Dani (2)-Hungarian, Spanish
Odysseuso-DIS-ee-əs (English)Greek Mythology
Draupadi-Hinduism
ZÜLfİKar-Turkish
Shankar-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Nepali