To Lose Their Marbles

I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles.

To lose their marbles. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. Lose your marbles go insane. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

Also used in the past tense phrase. The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture. Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.

Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild. Lose your marbles go insane. It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns. Become irrational or senile.

The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls.

To become of unsound mind. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase.

To become of unsound mind. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples. Lose one s marbles definition. If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour.