To Lose Their Marbles

Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.

To lose their marbles.

It can only be assigned to players who have completed the buyers and cellars quest and the first caper from tiny acorns. Become irrational or senile. To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.

I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles. Become irrational or senile. In the 1954 film the caine mutiny humphrey bogart linked insanity with marbles when he showed his character the demented lt. To be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged.

Losing my marbles the act or process of going crazy usually caused by life stressors. Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. Lost her marbles is the second caper involving the lumbridge thieves guild. Such as in the peter pan film hook from the 90 s.

The orgin of the phrase is unknown but has been referenced numerous times in popular culuture. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. To become of unsound mind. Also used in the past tense phrase.

Lose your marbles go insane. If you say that someone has lost their marbles you mean that their ideas or behaviour. 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.

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