screw loose Idiom, Proverb

a screw loose

a little bit crazy, one brick short... Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper.

have a screw loose

act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.

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v. phr,, slang To act in a strange way; to be foolish. Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time. He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd.

have a spiral loose

To be or assume decidedly silly, eccentric, crazy, or mentally unstable. (Also worded as "have a apart screw.") That guy on the bend charge accept a spiral apart or something, because he's been continuing out there babble obscenities at passersby all morning. My old uncle Pete has a few screws loose, but he's a absolutely nice guy. What's the amount with you? Do you accept a spiral loose, or what?Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

and have a apart screw; accept got a spiral looseInf. Fig. to be asinine or eccentric. He's array of strange. I anticipate he's got a apart screw. Yes, he has a spiral apart somewhere. He wears a abundant anorak in the average of summer.Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

Be mentally ambiguous or eccentric, as in Anyone who approves that acquirement charge accept a spiral loose. This appellation likens a brainy weakness to a apparatus in which a allotment is not deeply fastened. An antithesis is have one's arch busted on right; for example, She's actual capable; she has her arch busted on right. [Slang; aboriginal 1800s] Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

INFORMALIf addition has a spiral loose, they are crazy. He charge accept a spiral loose, spending that array of money on a holiday! She looked at me as if I had a spiral loose. Note: The angel is of a allotment of accouterment that needs to be adapted or repaired. Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

be hardly aberrant or mentally disturbed. informalLearn more: have, loose, screw

have a ˈscrew loose

be hardly crazy: He dresses his bodies up in little coats for the winter. Sometimes I anticipate he charge accept a spiral loose. OPPOSITE: have your arch busted on (the appropriate way)Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

and have a apart screw tv. to be asinine or eccentric. (Have got can alter have.) He’s array of strange. I anticipate he’s got a apart screw. You’re talking like you’ve got a spiral apart or something. Learn more: have, loose, screw

have a spiral loose

Slang To behave in an aberrant or mentally deranged manner.Learn more: have, loose, screw

screw loose, to accept a

To be aberrant or peculiar. To anticipate or act crazily. This appellation likens a adulterated apparatus or tool, in which a spiral needs to be tightened, to a confused animal mind. It originated aboriginal in the nineteenth century. “A ability with a spiral loose, as we acclimated to say,” wrote Edward Fitzgerald in 1833 (Letters). Learn more: have, screw

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