out of your gourd

out of (one's) gourd

slang Crazy. ("Gourd" is a slang term for one's head or mind.) After yet another sleepless night, I'm starting to feel like I'm out of my gourd. He's out of his gourd if he thinks this plan is going to work!

See also: gourd, of, out

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out of your gourd

1 out of your mind; crazy. 2 under the influence of alcohol or drugs. North American informal

1 1988 Jay McInerney The Story of My Life After ten minutes I'm bored out of my gourd.

2 1993 Stephen King Gerald's Game I was ‘on medication’ (this is the technical hospital term for ‘stoned out of one's gourd’).

See also: gourd, of, out

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