He's sort of strange. I think he's got a loose screw.
•Yes, he has a screw loose somewhere. He wears a heavy jacket in the middle of summer.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
have a screw loose, have a loose screw — see ↑screw, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑loose … Useful english dictionary
have a loose screw — Go to have a screw loose … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
have a screw loose — To be defective (esp mentally) • • • Main Entry: ↑screw * * * have a screw loose informal phrase to be slightly crazy Thesaurus: to be, or to become crazy or stupidsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have a screw loose — {v. phr,}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./ … Dictionary of American idioms
have a screw loose — {v. phr,}, {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. * /Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time./ * /He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd./ … Dictionary of American idioms
have a screw loose — AND have a loose screw tv. to be silly or eccentric. (Have got can replace have.) □ He’s sort of strange. I think he’s got a loose screw. □ Yes, he has a screw loose somewhere … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
screw — ► NOUN 1) a thin, sharp pointed metal pin with a raised spiral thread running around it and a slotted head, used to join things together by being rotated in under pressure. 2) a cylinder with a spiral ridge or thread running round the outside… … English terms dictionary
screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 … Universalium
screw — 01. We need some [screws] to put this shelf up on the wall. 02. The threads on this [screw] are gone, and it keeps coming out. 03. I had to [screw] the bolt in with my fingernail because I didn t have any tools. 04. Beer bottles these days all… … Grammatical examples in English
loose — I UK [luːs] / US [lus] adjective Word forms loose : adjective loose comparative looser superlative loosest ** 1) not firmly fixed in position loose floorboards a loose tooth work/come loose (= become loose): One of the screws had worked loose. a) … English dictionary
screw — [skro͞o] n. [ME screwe < MFr escroue, hole in which the screw turns < L scrofa, sow, infl. by scrobis, vulva] 1. a) a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal… … English World dictionary
