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fruitcake

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*nutty as a fruitcake and nuttier than a fruitcake
crazy. (*Also: as ~.) Don't pay any attention to John; he's nutty as a fruitcake. Mary's schemes for making money are nuttier than a fruitcake.
See also: nutty

be as nutty as a fruitcake  (British & Australian informal)
to be crazy 'Isn't she slightly strange, your aunt? 'Oh, she's as nutty as a fruitcake.'
See also: nutty

(as) nutty as a fruitcake
crazy She's as nutty as a fruitcake.
See also: nutty


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It was certainly a departure from Christmas fruitcake.
A Christmas ritual of baking fruitcakes symbolizes the story of Buddy and his eccentric, elderly cousin.
The test was cute and fun to take, particularly since it revealed that I am not the emotional fruitcake I sometimes think that I am.
 
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