notion



have half a notion to do something

 and have half a mind to do something
Fig. to have almost decided to do something, especially something unpleasant. I have half a mind to go off and leave you here. The cook had half a notion to serve cold chicken.
See also: half, have, notion

not have the foggiest notion

to not know anything at all about something not have the faintest idea I don't have the foggiest notion what that book is about.
See also: foggy, have, not, notion

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LinnÉAlin-NE-ahSwedish
Karissakə-RIS-əEnglish
Zlatan-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Teobaldo-Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Erastusi-RAS-təs (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Pomponius-Ancient Roman