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Meaning: (idiomatic)Unstableorirrational;crazy.Synonyms:seeThesaurus:insane1995, John Sherwood,Bones Gather No Moss[1], page164:'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll flyoff her hingesif you suggest it.'2008, Debbie Reed Fisher,Swimming with the Sharks[2], page196:“Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completelyoff her hingesa minute ago.2012, George R. Appelt Jr.,Shepherd's Fall[3], page153:Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun wasoff his hinges.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:off one's hinges.
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