Meaning: elgin marbles

n.
a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens

have all one’s marbles Idiom, Proverb

all his marbles

normal, sensible Dan talks to the door. I wonder if he's got all his marbles.

all the marbles

all the money, the top prize How does it feel to be playing in the final - for all the marbles?

lose your marbles

lose control of your mind, lose it When people grow old, do they lose their marbles?

not have all one's marbles

Idiom(s): not have all one's marbles

Theme: CRAZINESS

not to have all one's mental capacities. (Informal.)
• John acts as if he doesn't have all his marbles.
• I'm afraid that I don't have all my marbles all the time.

lose one's marbles

Idiom(s): lose one's marbles AND lose one's mind

Theme: CRAZINESS

to go crazy; to go out of one's mind.
• What a silly thing to say! Have you lost your marbles?
• I can't seem to remember anything. I think I'm losing my mind.

lose one's marbles|lose|marbles

v. phr. To go mad; become crazed. Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman.

have all (one's) marbles

To be mentally complete or stable. Now that I've gotten a acceptable night's sleep, I'm starting to feel like I accept all my marbles again. Grandma still has all her marbles, in animosity of her added bloom problems.Learn more: all, have, marble

have all one’s marbles

tv. to accept all one’s brainy faculties; to be mentally sound. (Learn added lose (all) one’s marbles. Accept got can alter have.) I don’t anticipate he has all his marbles. Learn more: all, have, marble

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