Meaning of off one's nut | Babel Free

Definitions

Insane, crazy.

British, dated, idiomatic

Examples

“Old Smith was awfully bucked because he'd taken four wickets. I should think he'd go off his nut if he took eight ever.”

“"[I]f I was to spring this news in Mr. Wright's hearin', why, such a sensitive, high-tempered gentleman as he would go plumb off his nut."”

“"Look at them rapids ahead of us! Why, the guy that laid out this river was off his nut!"”

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