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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

this side of normal

English answer:

just about still in a position to think straight/behave normally

Added to glossary by S.J
Mar 10, 2022 22:07
2 yrs ago
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English term

this side of normal

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters this side of normal
I'd get more sense out of that dog than I would with him, right? But you are just this side of normal. I'm struggling here, mate. Do you understand me?

Someone is trying to be an arbiter between fighting neighbor. The dog is for the other neighbor.

Thanks in advance,
Responses
3 +2 just about still in a position to think straight/behave normally

Discussion

S.J (asker) Mar 10, 2022:
So I suppose he means normal enough or something like that. Thanks.
Tony M Mar 10, 2022:
@ Asker Usually, this sort of expression would mean "pretty close to something, on one particular side" — except that here, the 'particualr side' isn't explicit: the speaker just says "this", which suggests he maybe means "on the same side of normal as I am myself"; so in other words, "you're a bit more normal (in my way of looking at things) than the other guy"

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just about still in a position to think straight/behave normally

is the idea
Peer comment(s):
agree Yvonne Gallagher
12 hrs
thanks Yvonne
agree Lara Barnett : Based as looking at normality and non-normality on either side of a crossable line.
16 hrs
thanks Lara
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