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To 'lose one's marbles' is to lose one's mind. In the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny Humphrey Bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character, the demented Lt. Cmdr. Queeg, ... "Marbles, doesn't have all his (verb phrase), mentally deficient. 'There goes a man who doesn't have all his marbles.'"
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Can you provide any evidence for the use of "know one's marbles" in the 18th century? I have not been able to find it anywhere. Michael Quinion says "lose one's marbles" is an American expression, which originally meant "lose one's temper", as when losing all one's marbles in a game of marbles.
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Have you lost your marbles? A bunch of amateurs could never write a decent dictionary. ... Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary ... Jump to: navigation, search...
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Fig. to go crazy; to go out of one's mind. What a silly thing to say! Have you lost your marbles? Look at Sally jumping up and down and screaming. Is she losing all her marbles? I can't seem to remember anything. ... lose (all) one's marbles...
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Fig. not to have all one's mental capacities. John acts as if he doesn't have all his marbles. I'm afraid that I don't have all my marbles all the time. ... have all one's marbles ... lose (all) one's marbles and lose one's mind...
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Peter: Ha ha ha! He really did lose his marbles, didn’t he? Tub: Yeah, he lost them good! ... The origin must surely come from the boys’ game of marbles, which was very common at the time. To play was always to run the risk of losing all one’s marbles and the result might easily be anger, frustration, and despair.
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One For All The Marbles: OSU vs. Florida Preview ... There were a few things that, in fact, furthered my belief that this game is Ohio State’s to lose. First, several of the best teams of the SEC looked like anything but world beaters. These teams were devoid of the type of dynamic offense that Ohio State and USC bring...
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of " Dutch alleys," and so forth. " Dubs, trebs and fobs," stand for twos, threes and fours. To be " mucked " is to lose all one's " mivvies " or marbles. When the taw stayed in the ring it was a " chuck." " Phobbo slips " was a phrase used to forbid the correction of an error.
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Try to lose all but one of your marbles by moving them like you are jumping in checkers. ... Click on groups of marbles to make them disappear. Try to remove all the marbles in as few moves as possible.
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Lose one's marbles - Definition of Lose one's marbles at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Lose one's marbles. Look it up now! ... Types of marbles ... lose one head...
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