lose marbles Idiom

all his marbles

normal, sensible Dan talks to the door. I wonder if he's got all his marbles.

all the marbles

all the money, the top prize How does it feel to be playing in the final - for all the marbles?

lose your marbles

lose control of your mind, lose it When people grow old, do they lose their marbles?

not have all one's marbles

Idiom(s): not have all one's marbles

Theme: CRAZINESS

not to have all one's mental capacities. (Informal.)
• John acts as if he doesn't have all his marbles.
• I'm afraid that I don't have all my marbles all the time.

lose one's marbles

Idiom(s): lose one's marbles AND lose one's mind

Theme: CRAZINESS

to go crazy; to go out of one's mind.
• What a silly thing to say! Have you lost your marbles?
• I can't seem to remember anything. I think I'm losing my mind.

lose one's marbles|lose|marbles

v. phr. To go mad; become crazed. Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman.

lose (one's) marbles

To be or become mentally deficient, incompetent, or deranged; to become of ailing mind. My poor grandmother started accident her marbles afterwards she had a stroke. I've been so beddy-bye beggared afresh that it feels like I've absent my marbles!Learn more: lose, marble

lose (all) one's marbles

and lose one's mindFig. to go crazy; to go out of one's mind. What a asinine affair to say! Have you absent your marbles? Look at Sally jumping up and down and screaming. Is she accident all her marbles? I can't assume to bethink anything. I anticipate I'm accident my mind.Learn more: lose, marble

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