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His head was screwed on right. He was clear-headed and right-thinking.
“His heart was in the right place … and his head was screwed on right, too.”—Boldrewood: Rebbery under Arms, xv.
Screwed on the wrong way. Crotchety, ungainly, not right.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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