(a)round the bend

(a)round the bend
*(a)round the bend
1. Fig. crazy; having lost sanity. (*Typically: be \(a)round the bend; go \(a)round the bend.) •

I think this job is sending me around the bend.

She sounds like she's round the bend already.

2. intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. (*Typically: be \(a)round the bend; go \(a)round the bend.) •

One more of those, and you'll be around the bend.

From the glassy look in her eyes, I'd say she is completely round the bend now.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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