To Lose Their Marbles

Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors.

To lose their marbles.

Lose one s marbles definition. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. Become irrational or senile. 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.

To become of unsound mind. Lose your marbles go insane. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples.

The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Become irrational or senile. To become of unsound mind. It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns.

Also used in the past tense phrase. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Lose your marbles go insane. 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. I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt.