Meaning of TO HAVE YOUR HEAD SCREWED ON RIGHT - A Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So we have this funny phrase in English,

Así que tenemos esta frase divertida en inglés,

to have your head screwed on right,

to have your head screwed on right,

or to have your head screwed on straight.

o to have your head screwed on right.

Kind of imagine that, you know,

Imagina que, ya sabes,

your head is screwed on to your body.

tu cabeza está atornillada a tu cuerpo.

I don't know if you know what a screw is,

No sé si sabes lo que es un tornillo

it's a little thing that you put in

, es una cosita que se mete

with a screwdriver into wood,

con un destornillador en la madera,

but we have this phrase that if you are thinking logically

pero tenemos esta frase que si estás pensando lógicamente

and you are making good decisions

y estás tomando buenas decisiones

we say that you have your head screwed on right,

decimos que tienes tu cabeza atornillada a la derecha,

or that you have your head screwed on straight.

o que tiene la cabeza atornillada recta.

I've noticed in the world right now

He notado en el mundo en este momento que

some people don't have their head screwed on right,

algunas personas no tienen la cabeza bien puesta, ¿

notice I flipped it to the negative?

te das cuenta de que la volteé al negativo?

I just heard the other day that there were

Acabo de escuchar el otro día que había

students at a university that had

estudiantes en una universidad que tenían

a Saint Patrick's Day party even though we are

una fiesta del día de San Patricio a pesar de que

being told not to meet in large groups,

nos dicen que no nos reunamos en grupos grandes,

and I would say that I'm not sure that those students

y yo diría que no estoy seguro de que esos estudiantes

have their heads screwed on right.

tengan la cabeza jodida. a la derecha.

I'm not sure if they are thinking clearly.

No estoy seguro de si están pensando con claridad.

I hope all of you have your heads

Espero que todos ustedes tengan sus cabezas

screwed on right right now.

jodidas en este momento.

Anyways, the other phrase we might use

De todos modos, la otra frase que podemos usar

when we think someone has made a bad decision

cuando pensamos que alguien ha tomado una mala decisión

is we might ask them, what were you thinking?

es preguntarles, ¿en qué estabas pensando?

This is not a nice way to ask this, okay?

Esta no es una buena manera de preguntar esto, ¿de acuerdo?

If I was to say to someone what were you thinking?

Si tuviera que decirle a alguien, ¿en qué estarías pensando?

I'm basically saying I think you made a bad decision,

Básicamente estoy diciendo que creo que tomaste una mala decisión,

and I'm a little annoyed about that.

y estoy un poco molesto por eso.

Sometimes with my kids, they'll do something,

A veces, con mis hijos, hacen algo

and I'll say what were you thinking?

y les digo ¿en qué estaban pensando?

Basically asking them,

Básicamente preguntándoles,

before you did something that's not very good,

antes de que hicieras algo que no es muy bueno,

what were you thinking when you did this?

¿en qué estabas pensando cuando hiciste esto?

We had this last night when we had

Tuvimos esto anoche cuando teníamos

a toilet that was overflowing.

un inodoro que se desbordaba.

One of my children flushed the toilet and then walked away

Uno de mis hijos tiró de la cadena y luego se alejó

and it overflowed a little bit.

y se desbordó un poco.

And Jen and I were like, what were you thinking?

Y Jen y yo dijimos, ¿en qué estabas pensando?

You could have just checked to make sure

Podrías haber revisado para asegurarte de

it was working properly.

que funcionaba correctamente.

Anyways, it's all good, there's no problems,

De todos modos, todo está bien, no hay problemas,

everything's cleaned up.

todo está limpio.

Bob the Canadian here, I hope you're having a good day.

Aquí Bob el canadiense, espero que estés teniendo un buen día.