My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.
To lose your marbles.
Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.
Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.
To become of unsound mind.
The goal of lose your marbles which is quite aptly named is to get rid of all your marbles as fast as you can.
Lose your marbles go insane.
My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke.
In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt.
Lose your marbles definition.
To become of unsound mind.
Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.
To start to forget things and be confused meaning pronunciation translations and examples.
Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase.
The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls.
Once you do so they disappear sometimes dumping marbles on your opponent but more and more marbles keep dropping down from the top.
Become irrational or senile.