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If you say that someone has a screw loose, you mean that they behave in a strange way and seem slightly mentally ill. (Definition of have a screw loose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
have a screw loose. To be or seem particularly silly, eccentric, crazy, or mentally unstable. (Also worded as "have a loose screw.") That guy on the corner must have a screw loose or something, because he's been standing out there yelling obscenities at passersby all morning.
To be eccentric or peculiar. To think or act crazily. This term likens a malfunctioning machine or tool, in which a screw needs to be tightened, to a disordered human mind. It originated early in the nineteenth century. “A genius with a screw loose, as we used to say,” wrote Edward Fitzgerald in 1833 (Letters).
Feb 19, 1999 · Screw Loose: Directed by Ezio Greggio. With Ezio Greggio, Mel Brooks, Julie Condra, Gianfranco Barra. The owner of an Italian natural food company has a heart attack and asks his son, Bernardo, to find the man who saved his life in World War II and bring him to his deathbed.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Ezio Greggio
- 1999-02-19
To be eccentric or peculiar. To think or act crazily. This term likens a malfunctioning machine or tool, in which a screw needs to be tightened, to a disordered human mind. It originated early in the nineteenth century. “A genius with a screw loose, as we used to say,” wrote Edward Fitzgerald in 1833 (Letters).
Jun 14, 2024 · have a screw loose (third-person singular simple present has a screw loose, present participle having a screw loose, simple past and past participle had a screw loose) To be insane, irrational, or eccentric.
to be eccentric or neurotic; have peculiar ideas. You must have a screw loose to keep so many cats. See full dictionary entry for screw. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
