have got a loose screw イディオム

a screw loose

a little bit crazy, one brick short... Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper.

get screwed

receive unfair treatment, ripped off, taken in I got screwed when I bought this condo. I paid too much for it.

have a screw loose

act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.

put the screws to someone

try to force someone to do or say what you want The police were putting the screws to the criminal to try and get some information.

screw

cheat, shaft, get an unfair advantage (also see get screwed) Twice I tried to strike a deal with him and twice he screwed me.have sex with, make love When he heard the bed squeaking he knew they were screwing.

screw around

loaf about, hang around without doing anything I spent the morning screwing around and didn

screw loose

(See a screw loose)

screw-up

a careless mistake, a bungled job Those screw-ups were his fault. He forgot to order materials.

screw you

the worst to you, up yours "After I defeated him, he said, ""Screw you."" He hates to lose."

screw up one's courage

Idiom(s): screw up one's courage

Theme: COURAGE

to build up one's courage.
• I guess I have to screw up my courage and go to the dentist.
• I spent all morning screwing up my courage to take my driver's test.

have got a apart screw

To be or assume decidedly silly, eccentric, crazy, or mentally unstable. (Also accounting as "have got a spiral loose.") That guy on the bend has absolutely got a apart spiral because he's been continuing out there babble obscenities at passersby all morning. My old Uncle Pete has got a few apart screws, but he's a absolutely nice guy. What the amount with you? Have you got a apart screw, or what?Learn more: have, loose, screw

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