lunatics have taken over the asylum: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    United KingdomUnited StatesGeneralinformalidiomaticcritical
    • A metaphorical expression asserting that those who are least qualified, most extreme, or otherwise inappropriate to lead are in control of an organization, institution, or situation.
    • Used to criticize a change in leadership or policy by suggesting that decision-making authority has passed to chaotic, incompetent, or radical actors.

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    • After the new CEO fired half the board, many employees felt like lunatics had taken over the asylum.

      Después de que el nuevo CEO despidió a la mitad de la junta, muchos empleados sintieron que los locos habían tomado el control del manicomio.

    • With the recent policy changes, it’s clear that the lunatics have taken over the asylum in this company.

      Con los recientes cambios en la política, está claro que los locos han tomado el control del manicomio en esta empresa.

    • When the radical group started managing the town council, locals joked that the lunatics had taken over the asylum.

      Cuando el grupo radical comenzó a dirigir el consejo municipal, los locales bromeaban diciendo que los locos habían tomado el control del manicomio.

  • 2.

    Generalhumoroushyperbolic
    • An exclamatory remark expressing dismay, disbelief, or alarm at perceived disorder, irrationality, or absurdity in governance or management.
    • Often used jokingly or rhetorically to dramatize the speaker’s view that a situation has become dangerously unreasonable.

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    • Lunatics have taken over the asylum! Have you seen the latest decisions coming from the management?

      ¡Los locos han tomado el control del manicomio! ¿Has visto las últimas decisiones de la dirección?

    • I can’t believe they approved that plan—lunatics have taken over the asylum for sure.

      No puedo creer que aprobaran ese plan; seguro que los locos han tomado el control del manicomio.

    • When the wild new rules were announced, someone muttered, 'lunatics have taken over the asylum!'

      Cuando anunciaron las nuevas reglas locas, alguien murmuró: '¡los locos han tomado el control del manicomio!'

Examples:

  • EN: The pledges are in control, then the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
    ES: Ellos tendrían el control, y entonces los lunáticos tendrían el control del asilo.
  • EN: Well, it looks like the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
    ES: Parece que los lunáticos han tomado el manicomio.
  • EN: Even though Dimitri's ceremonies can look as though the lunatics have taken over the asylum, people continually seek him out to ask him for his help, because heroin is the most addictive drug on earth.
    ES: Aunque las ceremonias de Dimitri parecieran que los lunaticos hubieran tomado LSD, la gente sigue buscando su ayuda porque la heroina es la droga mas adictiva del planeta.
  • EN: The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
    ES: Los lunáticos se han hecho con el manicomio.
  • EN: How about, "the lunatics have taken over the asylum... policy."
    HI: निदानः "अव्यवस्था का पागलपन . . . "
  • EN: The lunatics have taken over the asylum - take away my family,
    HI: पागलखाने में नर्स - मेरी शर्ट निकालो,
  • EN: In Pakistan, the lunatics have taken over the asylum
    HI: पागलपन की कगार पर पहुंच गए हैं पाकिस्तान के नेता
  • EN: The lunatics have taken over the asylum lol
    HI: पागल कर के होश उड़ा के ले गया
    HI: उधर पागलों ने छीन ली है
  • EN: PART 10: The lunatics have taken over the asylum
    HI: 10 तकः बताया करप्शन तो पागल करार दिया
  • EN: Truly, the lunatics have taken over the asylum.
    HI: सच मे पागलपन की सब हदें पार हो गई.
  • EN: lunatics have taken over the asylum 269
    HI: पागल चोदना 162 लिंग
  • EN: Well the lunatics have taken over the asylum!
    HI: राग हृदय को अब भाया है !
  • EN: The cells are empty and the lunatics have taken over the asylum
    HI: करवटें थक चुकीं हैं,उबासियों ने भी दम तोड़ दिया
  • EN: I remember some distributor saying, "The lunatics have taken over the asylum. "
    ES: Recuerdo que un distribuidor dijo: "Los lunáticos han tomado control del manicomio".
  • EN: Now, if it sounds to you like the lunatics have taken over the asylum, that's what a lot of people at the time thought.
    ES: Ahora, si te suena como si los locos se hubieran adueñado del manicomio, eso es lo que pensaba mucha gente en ese momento.

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