have all marbles

have all (one's) marbles

To be mentally sound or stable. Now that I've gotten a good night's sleep, I'm starting to feel like I have all my marbles again. Grandma still has all her marbles, in spite of her other health problems. After he started bringing conspiracy theories into the conversation, I started wondering if maybe he didn't have all his marbles.

See also: all, have, marble

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have all one's marbles

Fig. to have all one's mental faculties; to be mentally sound. (Very often with a negative or said to convey doubt.) I don't think he has all his marbles. Do you think Bob has all his marbles?

See also: all, have, marble

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