off one's hinges

English

Alternative forms

• off one's hinge

Prepositional phrase

off one's hinges

1. (idiomatic) Unstable or irrational; crazy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane

   • 1995, John Sherwood, Bones Gather No Moss‎, page 164:

     'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll fly off her hinges if you suggest it.'

   • 2008, Debbie Reed Fisher, Swimming with the Sharks‎, page 196:

     “Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completely off her hinges a minute ago.

   • 2012, George R. Appelt Jr., Shepherd's Fall‎, page 153:

     Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges.

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