off one's tree

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Crazy;unhinged;irrational.1989, Robert McLiam Wilson,Ripley Bogle, Arcade Publishing, published1998,→ISBN,page192:Deirdre was increasinglyoff her treein the last sad days of our relationship. Her demands and quirks were ever more extravagant and dislocated.1994, Tom Wells,The War Within: America's Battle Over Vietnam, iUniverse, published2005,→ISBN,page391:"These guys wereoff their tree," David Hawk recalled. At one point, a VMC activist asked the Weathermen what they were really after. "To kill all rich people," Ayers replied.2010, Anouchka Grose,Why Do Fools Fall in Love: A Realist's Guide to Romance, Tin House Books, published2011,→ISBN,page92:But after her wedding he goes completelyoff his tree, runs off into the wilderness and starts ranting in verse and writing poems in the sand with a stick.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:off one's tree.

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