in two minds

English

Prepositional phrase

in two minds

1. Alternative form of of two minds
   • 1840, “Maxims and Maxim-mongers”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist‎^[1], London: Henry Colburn:

     On the contrary, when a man is said to be in two minds, the phrase is a mere gentle expression for his having no mind whatever.

   • 1989 October 14, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, volume 124, number 1686, →ISSN, page 66:

     Heisenberg was uncertain whether he could make it, while Born said he would probably be there. Schrödinger, of course, as usual, was in two minds about whether he could be there or not.

   • 2013, Bear Grylls, True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life, →ISBN, page 7:

     Next day, the pilots were in two minds as to whether they should continue the journey.

   • 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[2]:

     [T]he goalkeeper, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, also seemed to be caught in two minds.

   • 2019 December 26, Daniel Boffey, quoting Frans Timmermans, “Post-Brexit UK always welcome back in EU, says Timmermans”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     He writes: “You were in two minds about it, like you have always been in two minds about the EU. I wish you had stuck to that attitude – it served you well and it kept all of us in better shape.