take it into head to

take it into your head to do something

to decide to do something Uncle Julian might take it into his head to say almost anything.

Usage notes: usually said about doing something silly or surprising

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Telma	-	Portuguese
Ferdinand	FER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish)	German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
Dag	DAHG (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Krastyo	-	Bulgarian
Nika (1)	-	Russian
Ekber	-	Turkish