one's bearings

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*one's bearings

the knowledge of where one is; the knowledge of how one is oriented to one's immediate environment. (*Typically: get ~; find ~; have ~; lose ~; tell one ~.) After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. Jean found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately.

See also: bearing

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There are enough references to the familiar characters and events of The Wizard of Oz to comfort the traveler, but it takes a while to get one's bearings. Son of a Witch by Theiss, Nola / Kliatt As far as I remember, the Ponte dei Tre Archi is the last bridge crossing the Rio di Canareggio before the lagoon (I know, though, how easy it is to lose one's bearings when the ocean is in the wrong direction). Letters by The Architectural Review One definition for "death" is to become senseless, to lose one's bearings. Sorrow by Berger, Rose Marie / Sojourners			one little bit One man's loss is another man's gain One man's meat is another man's poison One man's trash is another man's treasure One moment, please one of a kind one of the boys one of the lads one of these days One of these days is none of these days one of those days one sandwich short of a picnic one step ahead One step forward, two steps back One swallow does not make a summer one swallow doesn't make a summer one that got away one thing after another One thing leads to another one thing or person after another one to a customer one too many one way or another one way or the other One's bark is worse than bite one's bearings one's best bib and tucker one's best shot one's better half one's claws are showing one's days are numbered one's deepest sympathy one's ears are red one's ears are ringing one's egg money one's eyes are bigger than stomach one's fair share one's fill of one's for the asking one's frame of mind one's future looks bright one's goose is cooked one's heart goes out to one's heart is in mouth one's heart is in the right place one's heart is set against one's heart is set on one's heart misses a beat one's heart stands still one's home away from home one's John Henry			One World One Family One World One People One World Order One World Presentation Management Ltd. One World Sight Project One World Syndicate One World Telecom One World Telecommunications One World Trade Center One World Trade Center One World Trade Center One World Travel Experience One World Tree One World Trust One World Youth Project One Wrench One Write Thing One Year Ago This Month One Year Bible One Year Classroom Program One Year Later One Year Term One Year War One Yellow Rabbit one's One's bark is worse than bite one's bearings one's best bib and tucker one's best shot one's better half one's blood freezes one's blood freezes one's blood freezes one's blood freezes one's claws are showing one's complement One's Complement Adder one's days are numbered one's deepest sympathy one's ears one's ears one's ears one's ears are red one's ears are ringing one's egg money one's eyes are bigger than stomach one's fair share one's fill of one's for the asking one's frame of mind one's future looks bright one's goose is cooked one's heart goes out to one's heart is in mouth one's heart is in the right place one's heart is set against

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