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the lights are on, but no one is home
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English |
This is a humorous way of referring to someone who is lacking intelligence or sanity, or to someone who is simply preoccupied and not paying attention. |
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tirar piedras
Fr
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Español |
Estar algo loco, tener las facultades mentales alteradas |
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to be (as) mad as a hatter
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English |
To be crazy. |
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to be (as) nutty as a fruitcake
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English |
To be silly, ridiculous, eccentric, queer or insane. |
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to be a little off
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English |
A little crazy. |
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to be around the bend
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English |
Crazy. Having lost sanity. |
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to be away with the fairies
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English |
Someone who is away with the fairies is in such a dreamy state that they are not totally in touch with reality and give the impression of being slightly mad. |
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to be loony
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English |
Crazy, like a lunatic. |
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to be off one's rocker
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English |
If you tell someone that they are off their rocker, you think they are completely crazy. |
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to be stark raving mad
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English |
To say that someone is stark raving mad means that they are completely crazy. |
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to blow one's top
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English |
(slang; first half of 1900s)
Go crazy, become insane. |
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to fly off the handle
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English |
To lose one's temper. |
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to go against the flow
MD
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English |
To do, think, or believe things that are different or contrary to those of the majority of people. |
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to go bananas
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English |
If someone becomes very emotional and starts behaving in a crazy way, they go bananas. |
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to go berserk
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English |
To go crazy, especially in anger. The phrase, and the word “berserk” itself, is related to a group of Norse warriors called “berserkers”, who were known for being violently frenzied in battle. |
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to go nuts
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English |
To say that a person has gone nuts means that they have become completely foolish, eccentric or mad. |
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to go off the deep end
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English |
(slang)
To become crazy or irrational. |
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to go out of one's mind
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English |
If you ask someone if they have gone out of their mind, you think they are crazy, foolish or insane. |
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to go stir-crazy
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English |
If a person goes stir-crazy, they become very agitated or nervous because they have been confined to a place for too long. |
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to have a screw loose
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English |
If someone has a screw loose, their behaviour is strange and they appear slightly mad. |
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to have bats in the belfry
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English |
If you say that somebody has bats in the belfry, you mean that they are eccentric or crazy. |
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to have rocks in one's head
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English |
Silly or crazy. |
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to lose one's marbles
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English |
If someone loses their marbles, they become mentally confused, or no longer behave sensibly or rationally. |
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to rock out with (one's) cock out
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English |
(vulgar slang)
To party, especially in a wild, crazy, or uninhibited manner. |
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to take leave of one's senses
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English |
To say to someone 'have you taken leave of your senses?' means that you think their behaviour is crazy. |
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to think out if the box
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English |
To think of something that is beyond what is considered usual, traditional, or conventional. |
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to wig out
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English |
Freaking out, going crazy, out of control. |
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tocar campanes
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Català |
Estar loco, tener las facultades mentales alteradas |
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tocar valsos
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Català |
Perder la facultad de razonar o dejar de comportarse con cordura |
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travailler du chapeau
MD
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Français |
avoir des troubles psychiques, délirer, être plus ou moins fou |
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virer drôle
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Français |
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viure en un altre món
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Català |
Estar loco, tener las facultades mentales alteradas |
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volverse el juicio
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Español |
Volverse loco, perder el juicio, la razón |
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volverse la cabeza
Ct
Nu
MD
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Español |
Perder la facultad de razonar o dejar de comportarse con cordura |
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volverse mochales
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Español |
Volverse loco, perder el juicio, la razón |
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yoyoter de la cafetière
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Français |
Estar loco, tener las facultades mentales alteradas |
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zafarse un tornillo
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Español |
Volverse loco, perder el juicio, la razón |