单词 | to have a tile loose |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a tile loose g. to have a tile loose (and similar expressions derived from roofing tiles): to be slightly crazy, or not quite right in the head. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [verb (intransitive)] > be slightly mad to have but a mile to midsummer?a1500 to have a tile loose1846 1846 W. H. Maxwell Brian o' Linn (1848) II. xvii. 212 ‘There is not a tile off your upper story’, as they say in the north. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind xix. 187 He's not right in the head, you know. A tile loose. 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice With Harp & Crown iv Is he cracked? Has my cousin dropped a tile? < as lemmas |
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