off (one's) rocker

off (one's) rocker

Crazy; mentally unsound; extremely foolish. I'm going to go off my rocker if I have to hear that song one more time! I think Jane's grandmother is a little off her rocker these days. You must be off your rocker if you think that's a good idea!

See also: off, rocker

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*off one's rocker

 and *off one's nut; *off one's trolley

Fig. crazy; silly. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) Sometimes, Bob, I think you're off your rocker. Good grief, John. You're off your nut.

See also: off, rocker

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off one's rocker

Also, off one's nut or trolley . See off one's head.

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off your rocker

INFORMAL

If someone is off their rocker, they are crazy. He must be off his rocker, paying that much for a shirt! Note: You can also say that someone goes off their rocker to mean that they become crazy. Sometimes I think he's going off his rocker.

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off your rocker

crazy. informal

A rocker in this expression is a concave piece of wood or metal placed under a chair or cradle enabling it to rock back and forth.

1932 Evelyn Waugh Black Mischief It's going to be awkward for us if the Emperor goes off his rocker.

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ˌoff your ˈrocker

(informal, spoken, especially British English) (of a person) crazy: Spend a thousand pounds on a dress! Are you off your rocker?

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off one’s rocker

mod. silly; giddy; crazy. (see also rocker.) That silly dame is off her rocker.

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off (one's) rocker

Slang

Out of one's mind; crazy.

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off one's head, rocker, etc.

See go off one's head.

See also: off

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