not all there

not all there
not all there
Fig. not mentally adequate; crazy or silly. •

Sometimes I think you're not all there.

Be nice to Sally. She's not all there.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • not all there — If someone isn t all there, they are a little bit stupid or crazy …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • not all there — not mentally clear. He has periods when he s just not all there, which is a common symptom of his condition …   New idioms dictionary

  • not all there —    If someone isn t all there, they are a little bit stupid or crazy.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Someone who is not all there behaves strangely at times, or seems a bit odd.     Our new neighbour wears a hat and coat even in summer;… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • not all there — {adj. phr.} Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. * /Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • not all there — {adj. phr.} Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. * /Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • not\ all\ there — adj. phr. Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there …   Словарь американских идиом

  • not all there — retarded, slow to learn, one brick short...    Sometimes Vincent acts kind of strange like he s not all there …   English idioms

  • not all there —    stupid or confused    It describes a mental state, not that of an amputee:     That poor creature who s not quite all there. (Christie, 1940)    Atypically, all there means keenly intelligent …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Not all there —   If someone isn t all there, they are a little bit stupid or crazy …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • not all there — not sane, not of sound mind, not thinking clearly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • not all there — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, arrested, babbling, backward, bereft of reason, blithering, brainsick, burbling, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, daft, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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