To Lose Their Marbles

If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour.

To lose their marbles.

Meaning pronunciation translations and examples. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Lose your marbles go insane. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

Also used in the past tense phrase. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. Lose one s marbles definition. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang.

The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Lose your marbles go insane. Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild.

Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court. To become of unsound mind. I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. To become of unsound mind.

Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s.

Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. Become irrational or senile. Become irrational or senile. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.