Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is take leave of one’s senses and its meaning is “(in deliberately exaggerated language) to go mad; to go crazy; to become irrational/illogical; to lose good judgment; to think/act foolishly”.
Example Sentence: By floating this plan (scrapping the bankers’ bonus cap), Mr Kwasi Kwarteng (UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer or Finance Minister) is saying he is more interested in helping the rich than the poor. This is the very opposite of what many of the 14 million people who backed the Tories three years ago thought they were voting for. If Mr Kwarteng and Ms Liz Truss (UK”s Prime Minister) think this is now the road to another Conservative election victory, they have taken leave of their senses.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on bankers’ bonuses: don’t scrap the cap and click here to read it.
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