Meanings
- slangCrazy; insane.
He's off his rocker if he thinks he can tackle the whole thing alone.
1 more example
“Bertie! Your manner is strange.” “Your manner would be strange if you'd been sitting on the floor of Wilbert Cream's sleeping apartment with a chair round your neck, and Ma Cream had come in.” “Golly! Did she?” “In person.” “What did you say?” “I said I was looking for a mouse.” “Couldn't you think of anything better than that?” “No.” “And how did it all come out in the end?” “I melted away, leaving her plainly convinced that I was off my rocker.”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 86
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish olla ruuvi löysällä, olla päästään vialla
- olla ruuvi löysälläcrazy
- olla päästään viallacrazy
Swedish rubbad, inte ha alla hästar hemma
- rubbadcrazy
- inte ha alla hästar hemmacrazy
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