Idiom
have one's head read
Meaning
To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He acts so strangely that he should have his head read.”
“If you really think you can jump across that wide river, you should have your head read.”
“After he sold his entire inheritance to invest in a clearly fraudulent scheme, his family suggested he have his head read by a professional.”
Examples
simple
“He acts so strangely that he should have his head read.”
contextual
“If you really think you can jump across that wide river, you should have your head read.”
complex
“After he sold his entire inheritance to invest in a clearly fraudulent scheme, his family suggested he have his head read by a professional.”
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