- lose marbles
- lose (your) marbles
informal
to start acting in a strange way and forgetting things.
I may be old, but I haven't lost my marbles yet.
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lose marbles
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lose your marbles — lose control of your mind, lose it When people grow old, do they lose their marbles? … English idioms
lose your marbles — lose (your) marbles informal to start acting in a strange way and forgetting things. I may be old, but I haven t lost my marbles yet … New idioms dictionary
lose your marbles — If someone has lost their marbles, they ve gone mad … The small dictionary of idiomes
lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lose one's mind (or marbles) — informal go insane. → lose … English new terms dictionary
lose one's marbles — ► lose one s mind (or marbles) informal go insane. Main Entry: ↑lose … English terms dictionary
lose — ► VERB (past and past part. lost) 1) be deprived of or cease to have or retain. 2) become unable to find. 3) fail to win. 4) earn less (money) than one is spending. 5) waste or fail to take advantage of. 6) ( … English terms dictionary
lose one's mind — ► lose one s mind (or marbles) informal go insane. Main Entry: ↑lose … English terms dictionary
lose one's mind — (or one s marbles) informal go insane … Useful english dictionary
marbles — n. 1) to play marbles 2) a game of marbles 3) (misc.) (colloq.) to lose one s marbles ( to lose one s mind ) * * * a game of marbles to play marbles (misc.) (colloq.) to lose one s marbles ( to lose one s mind ) … Combinatory dictionary
