In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt.
To lose your marbles meaning.
Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.
Lose your marbles definition.
My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.
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Lose your marbles lose one s mind insanity person who does not have common sense wits.
Lose your marbles go insane.
To become of unsound mind.
Become irrational or senile.
Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.
I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles.
Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase.
To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind.