perder la brújula

1.
Generalneutral
- To lose a physical compass or navigational instrument.
2.
Generalneutral
- To become disoriented or unable to find one's way.
3.
Generalneutralfigurative
- To lose one's moral or ethical direction; to become morally confused or compromised.

Examples:

ES: Si el jarabe para la tos le hace perder la brújula, está listo.
EN: If cough medicine's gonna send him off the deep end, he doesn't have a prayer.
ES: No sería el primer operativo en cubierta en perder la brújula moral.
EN: He wouldn't be the first deep cover Op to lose his moral compass.
ES: Podrías haber elegido el día equivocado para perder la brújula.
EN: You might have picked the wrong day to lose that compass.
ES: Tu atajo nos hizo perdernos, lo que me hizo perder la brújula.
EN: Your shortcut got us lost, which made me lose my compass.
ES: Has vuelto a perder la brújula.
EN: You've lost your compass again.