talk some sense into

talk some sense into somebody

to help someone think about something in a reasonable way My best friend talked some sense into me, and I was able to smooth things over with my mom.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hemi	-	Maori
Athy	['æθi]
Akhenaten	ah-kə-NAH-tən (English)	Ancient Egyptian
Doirend	-	Irish Mythology
MaraĴA	mah-RAH-zhah	Esperanto
Shanthi	-	Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada