To Lose Their Marbles

Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.

To lose their marbles.

Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. Become irrational or senile.

My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang.

The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Become irrational or senile. Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild. To become of unsound mind.

Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture.

To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind. I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors. Lose your marbles go insane.

Lose your marbles go insane. Also used in the past tense phrase. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. To become of unsound mind.