Noun - The brain; one's ability to think, understand, and rationalize.
Origin:
The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with "brains ... in his head" to a man who has "furniture in his upper story."
Origin:
The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with "brains ... in his head" to a man who has "furniture in his upper story."
1. There is something wrong with her upper storey!
2. Sorry for that man, My upper storey is not great right now.
2. Sorry for that man, My upper storey is not great right now.
by sharerainbows March 10, 2023