Meaning of off one's trolley | Babel Free

Definitions

Having gone mad; insane.

humorous, idiomatic, informal

Examples

“The Romance is the best part of the four movements. One is a bit off one’s trolley at such times and I should surely write⟳ a better Suite at this time after twenty years of sober reflection.”

“On the whole, bodily symptoms have⟳ at least the consolatory fact about them, that they replace⟳ mental symptoms, fears of going off one’s trolley; and I suppose⟳ that, if I got rid⟳ of all the physical symptoms, things would but have⟳ been cleared away for a new worry⟳ about mental ones?”

“Being slightly off one’s trolley Uppermost in my list of top four teaching behaviours is being ever-so-slightly crazy ... to keep⟳ students guessing whether or not I have⟳ lost my marbles, and being not quite so predictable.”

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