nutty as a fruitcake
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Etymology[edit]
1914.
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nutty as a fruitcake (not comparable)
- (simile, colloquial) Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.
- 2003, William Safire / NY Times News Service, "Fruitcake: A word that gets the US Congress to call the cops", Taipei Times, 10 Aug, p. 9,
- Eugene O'Neill, in his 1914 play, The Movie Man, coined a memorable simile: "We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here."
- 2003, William Safire / NY Times News Service, "Fruitcake: A word that gets the US Congress to call the cops", Taipei Times, 10 Aug, p. 9,
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References[edit]
- "nutty as a fruitcake" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.