off one's box | Idiomator

Meaning: (UK,slang)Crazy;unhinged;irrational.1896,Surgical Journal‎[1], volume 2, page227:Say, if you call that acting well, you'reoff your box.2008April 24, Gary Flockhart, “These Modfathers aren't all they're cracked up to be”, inThe Scotsman‎[2]:"The conditions are disgusting aren't they?," he continued. "I don't know how people can. I mean, you'd have to beoff your boxto stay there for three days wouldn't you?2012, Deborah McAndrew,A Government Inspector, Methuen Drama (2012),→ISBN,page83:Annie: Anthony! Anthony! Don't you know what's happened here? Sir Jonathan has asked for our daughter's hand in marriage.Belcher: Marry our Mary? Are youoff your box, woman?; (UK,idiomatic)Stonedorintoxicated.2007July 11, Dianne Bourne, “Ryder happy to toe smoking line”, inManchester Evening News‎[3]:The 44-year-old has admitted to cleaning up his act of late, kicking well-publicised drug addictions and now leading a healthier lifestyle with regular exercise and a passion for fruit smoothies.He told the M.E.N. last week: "Innit just natural that when you're a kid you'reoff your boxand when you're a grown up, you're not? It seems totally normal to me, that."2010, Martina Cole,The Family‎[4], Headline,→ISBN:Oh yeah, much happier, darling. I saw her smiling yesterday, a real smile and all. Not one of those weird ones she does, when she'soff her boxon the pills …2012, Mike O'Leary,Misfits‎[5], Hodder & Stoughton,→ISBN:So you know when you'reoff your boxand you're dancing to this tune and the tune is one of your favourites, yeah? But because you're off your box, it's better than banging.

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