To Lose Your Marbles Meaning

To lose one s marbles is to lose one s mind.

To lose your marbles meaning. The underlying reference is apparently to the children s game played with multicoloured glass balls. Lose one s marbles to be or become mentally deficient incompetent or deranged. To become insane when he started ranting about how the government was out to get him i thought he d lost his marbles. I ve been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like i ve lost my marbles.

To start to forget things and be confused meaning pronunciation translations and examples. Please tell us where you read or heard it including the quote if possible. My poor grandmother started losing her marbles after she had a stroke. Lose your marbles lose one s mind insanity person who does not have common sense wits.

Informal marbles as a term for a person s mental faculties probably originated as early 20th century american slang. 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. Lose your marbles go insane.

Bogart s performance was so affecting that many have supposed the film to be the source of the phrase. Queeg restlessly jiggling a set of metal balls when under stress in court.