Meaning of off one's hinges | Babel Free

Definitions

Unstable or irrational; crazy.

idiomatic

Examples

“'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll fly off her hinges if you suggest it.'”

““Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completely off her hinges a minute ago.”

“Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges.”

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