bats 관용구

bats in the belfry

crazy, eccentric I think that he has bats in the belfry. His ideas are absolutely crazy.

have bats in one's belfry

Idiom(s): have bats in one's belfry

Theme: CRAZINESS

to be slightly crazy.
• Poor old Tom has bats in his belfry.
• Don't act so silly, John. People will think you have bats in your belfry.

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n. phr., slang Wild ideas in his mind; disordered senses; great mental confusion. When he talked about going to the moon he was thought to have bats in his belfry.

bats in one's belfry, have

bats in one's belfry, have
Be crazy or at least very eccentric, as in Sally thought her aunt's belief in ghosts indicated she had bats in her belfry. This term in effect likens the bat's seemingly erratic flight in the dark to ideas flying around in a person's head. [Early 1900s]

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