To Lose Their Marbles

My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

To lose their marbles.

Lose one s marbles definition. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind.

Become irrational or senile. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.

Also used in the past tense phrase. To become of unsound mind. If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour. Lose your marbles go insane.

My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang.

The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. To become of unsound mind. Lose your marbles go insane. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls.

To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild. Become irrational or senile. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples.