| 释义 |
round the bend
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  round the bend - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, around the bend, balmy, barmy, nutty, wacky, whacky, loopy, fruity, crackedinsane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter" |
Translations
round the bend
(a)round the bend1. In close proximity to another location. Said especially when traveling by car, often when literally approaching a bend. The store isn't far from here, it's just around the bend.2. slang Crazy It's freezing today, and you're not going to wear a coat? Have you gone around the bend?3. slang Intoxicated from drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were really around the bend!See also: bend*(a)round the bend 1. Fig. crazy; having lost sanity. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) I think this job is sending me around the bend. She sounds like she's round the bend already. 2. intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) One more of those, and you'll be around the bend. From the glassy look in her eyes, I'd say she is completely round the bend now.See also: bend, roundround the bend mainly BRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If someone is round the bend, their ideas or behaviour are very strange or foolish. I actually used to look at mountaineers and think they were a little bit round the bend. If anyone told me a few months ago that I'd meet a marvellous person like you, I'd have said they were round the bend.See also: bend, roundround the bend (or twist) crazy; mad. informal 1998 Spectator She combines a fondness for holidays in Switzerland with an amiable husband…who saves her from going completely round the bend. See also: bend, round(drive somebody/be/go) round the ˈbend/ˈtwist (informal, especially British English) (make somebody/be/become) crazy: I’m going round the twist trying to repair this machine. Nothing I do seems to work. ♢ He practises the same tune all day; it drives me round the bend (= annoys me very much).See also: bend, round, twistround the bend verbSee around the bendSee also: bend, roundEncyclopediaSeebendround the bend
Related to round the bend: around the bendSynonyms for round the bendadj informal or slang terms for mentally irregularSynonyms- bats
- batty
- bonkers
- buggy
- crackers
- daft
- dotty
- haywire
- kookie
- kooky
- loco
- loony
- nuts
- around the bend
- balmy
- barmy
- nutty
- wacky
- whacky
- loopy
- fruity
- cracked
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