off\ one's\ head

off\ one's\ head
adj. phr.
Crazy; mad.

We had no doubt that the old man was off his head when we saw him jumping into the lake with his winter coat on.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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