To Lose Their Marbles

My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

To lose their marbles.

Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Become irrational or senile. Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild. Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang.

Lose one s marbles definition. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. Become irrational or senile. To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind.

Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. To become of unsound mind. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.

The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors. Lose your marbles go insane.

Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s. Also used in the past tense phrase. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. To become of unsound mind.

I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court. The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture.