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Meaning of off one's hinges | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

off one's meds off one's nut off one's onion off one's own bat off one's rocker off one's rocket

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