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lose marbles |
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lose (all) one's marbles and lose one's mind Fig. to go crazy; to go out of one's mind. What a silly thing to say! Have you lost your marbles? Look at Sally jumping up and down and screaming. Is she losing all her marbles? I can't seem to remember anything. I think I'm losing my mind. lose your marbles (informal) to start acting in a strange way and forgetting things I may be old, but I haven't lost my marbles yet. (informal) lose your marbles to start forgetting things, behaving strangely, or becoming mentally ill I haven't lost my marbles yet. She's begun to lose her marbles, and there's nothing we can do. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``The more experience she garnered,'' Rosenfeld tells us, ``the more eyeballs she saw lolling about in their sockets like so many lose marbles - the more it seemed to her that the state of arousal and the state of amity were two distinct principalities with no diplomatic ties. |
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