use one's head



use one's head

Think, have common sense, as in Use your head, Martin. No one's coming out in this weather. This idiom uses head in the sense of "brain" or "intellect," a usage dating from the late 1300s.
See also: head, use

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VeliVE-leeFinnish
BoŠKo-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
MarjaMAHR-yahDutch, Finnish
DiedeDEE-dəDutch
Zachariaszzah-KHAHR-yahshPolish
Soledadso-le-DHAHDSpanish