| 单词 | around the bend |
| 释义 | around the bend (once / 18411 pages) adj If you go around the bend, you go crazy. It's an informal way to describe a slight nuttiness or a more serious bout of insanity. You might use this phrase for something that drives you batty: "I didn't go around the bend until we got our fifth dog." You could also say, more seriously, "It might drive her around the bend when she hears that her son's in trouble again." The origin isn't clear, as some word experts suspect it has a nautical origin — a bend is a series of sailors' knots — while others think it's related to long, curved driveways leading to mental hospitals. WORD FAMILYaround the bend USAGE EXAMPLESLabor Day means fall is coming, which means the season for holiday bazaars is just around the bend. Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016) Cars were parked all the way around the bend of the road leading to the gate, simmering in the summer heat. The Guardian(Oct 12, 2016) Could another set of Color Revolutions be around the bend? US News(Sep 12, 2016) adj informal or slang terms for mentally irregular Syn balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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