to have a screw loose
1have a screw loose — To be defective (esp mentally) • • • Main Entry: ↑screw * * * have a screw loose informal phrase to be slightly crazy Thesaurus: to be, or to become crazy or stupidsynonym Main entry …
2have a screw loose — {v. phr,}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./ …
3have a screw loose — {v. phr,}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./ …
4have a screw loose, have a loose screw — see ↑screw, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑loose …
5have a screw loose — ► have a screw loose informal be slightly eccentric or mentally disturbed. Main Entry: ↑screw …
6have a screw loose — AND have a loose screw tv. to be silly or eccentric. (Have got can replace have.) □ He’s sort of strange. I think he’s got a loose screw. □ Yes, he has a screw loose somewhere …
7have\ a\ screw\ loose — v. phr, slang To act in a strange way; to be foolish. Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time. He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd …
8have a screw loose — verb To be insane or irrational. I think old Mr. Jacobs has a screw loose; he keeps trying to feed his cats bird seed …
9have a screw loose — act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere …
10have a screw loose — informal to be crazy. I think that woman has a screw loose she goes out in her slippers …
