off one's hinges
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) Unstable or irrational; crazy.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane
- 1995, John Sherwood, Bones Gather No Moss[1], page 164:
- 'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll fly off her hinges if you suggest it.'
- 2008, Debbie Reed Fisher, Swimming with the Sharks[2], page 196:
- “Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completely off her hinges a minute ago.
- 2012, George R. Appelt Jr., Shepherd's Fall[3], page 153:
- Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:off one's hinges.