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
Loredana-Italian, Romanian
Feofilakt-Russian
Fredianofre-DYAH-noItalian
Zhaleh-Persian
RichardRICH-ərd (English), ree-SHAHR (French), RIKH-ahrt (German)English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, Ancient Germanic
Kainan-Biblical Greek