Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of of two minds.
[T]he goalkeeper, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, also seemed to be caught in two minds.
2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)4 more examples
On the contrary, when a man is said to be in two minds, the phrase is a mere gentle expression for his having no mind whatever.
1840, “Maxims and Maxim-mongers”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, London: Henry ColburnHeisenberg was uncertain whether he could make it, while Born said he would probably be there. Schrödinger, of course, as usual, was in two minds about whether he could be there or not.
1989 October 14, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, volume 124, number 1686, →ISSN, page 66Next day, the pilots were in two minds as to whether they should continue the journey.
2013, Bear Grylls, True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life, →ISBN, page 7He writes: “You were in two minds about it, like you have always been in two minds about the EU. I wish you had stuck to that attitude – it served you well and it kept all of us in better shape.
2019 December 26, Daniel Boffey, quoting Frans Timmermans, “Post-Brexit UK always welcome back in EU, says Timmermans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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