| 单词 | to go off at the nail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also be) off at the nail a. to go (also be) off at the nail: to behave strangely; to go mad; to be off one's head. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)] dwelec900 wedec900 awedeeOE starea1275 braidc1275 ravea1325 to be out of mindc1325 woodc1374 to lose one's mindc1380 madc1384 forgetc1385 to go out of one's minda1398 to wede (out) of, but wita1400 foolc1400 to go (also fall, run) mada1450 forcene1490 ragec1515 waltc1540 maddle?c1550 to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1565 pass of wita1616 to have a gad-bee in one's brain1682 madden1704 to go (also be) off at the nail1721 distract1768 craze1818 to get a rat1890 to need (to have) one's head examined (also checked, read)1896 (to have) bats in the belfryc1901 to have straws in one's hair1923 to take the bats1927 to go haywire1929 to go mental1930 to go troppo1941 to come apart1954 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 173 He is gone off at the Nail..means that he is gone out of all bounds of Reason. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. 119 But I dread he'l gae af at the nail wih hemsal: I wos he mayna saw aw staps, or gang a gray gate. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xiv. 135 I see ye're terrified, and think I'm going off at the nail. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance lix They [sc. servants] are really going off at the nail. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar xlix That woman's aff at the nail. 1902 J. J. Bell Wee Macgreegor ii Ye're fair aff at the nail the day! 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 193 To go off at the nail, to become flustered, confused. < as lemmas |
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