state of mind

state of mind

One's emotional or psychological condition or status, especially a fleeting or temporary one. I just don't think you're in the right state of mind to be making these kinds of decisions after having lost your wife and children so suddenly. I was in kind of a strange state of mind for the first couple of years after I graduated college, just wandering through life without any major goals or ambitions.
See also: mind, of, state
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

state of mind

basic attitude or outlook at a point in time. she was in a terrible state of mind when she was interviewed for a job.
See also: mind, of, state
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • this, too, shall/will pass
  • fleeting
  • fleeting glance
  • a fleeting glance
  • at (one's) door
  • at door
  • at one's door
  • glance
References in periodicals archive
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