To Lose Their Marbles

It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns.

To lose their marbles.

I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. 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. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase.

To become of unsound mind. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.

Meaning pronunciation translations and examples. To become of unsound mind. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors.

My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. Lose your marbles go insane. Also used in the past tense phrase. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.

Lose your marbles go insane. Become irrational or senile. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture.

Become irrational or senile. Lose one s marbles definition. To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind. If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour.