of two minds

English

Alternative forms

• in two minds

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

of two minds

1. (idiomatic) Undecided or unsure; equivocating; conflicted in one's opinions.
   • 1919, Upton Sinclair, chapter 22, in Jimmie Higgins […], Pasadena, Calif.: Upton Sinclair, →OCLC:

     [Y]ou could not be indifferent to the war, you could not be of two minds about it. And yet—Jimmie Higgins was of two minds! He wanted to beat back the Huns, who had made all this fearful mess; but also he wanted to beat the profiteers who were making messes at home.

   • 2006 May 19, Richard Zoglin, “10 Questions for Bette Midler”, in Time:

     I'm of two minds about Vegas. I think Vegas is strange, and I don't know where their water comes from. But as a town and a place for an entertainer, there's . . . no other place you can go to where you can just sit and do six weeks at a time and have your band and your staff be so happy.

Synonyms

• ambivalent

Translations

undecided or unsure

• Finnish: kahden vaiheilla
• French: indécis (fr), partagé (fr)
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu), bizonytalan (hu)
• Irish: idir dhá chomhairle
• Maori: ruarua, matawaenga
• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see bić się z myślami (pl) impf
• Russian: в сомнениях (v somnenijax)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar dà bharail, eadar dà bheachd, eadar dà lionn, eadar a' chlach is an sgrath (idiomatic), ann an ioma-chomhairle

See also

• half a mind
• of one mind