around the bend

Off one's rocker

Around the bend means crazy or mentally unhinged: The isolation was driving him around the bend.

The phrase suggests someone has gone past a point of no return, like disappearing around a curve in the road.

In British usage, it can also mean nearby or imminent: Spring is just around the bend.

crazy

mad

Unhinged or enraged

  • bonkersWildly irrational, unhinged
  • battyMildly eccentric or daft
  • loonyAbsurdly irrational

nutty · cracked · kooky · eccentric · zany · wacky · off-kilter · unhinged · deranged · bananas

curve

corner

Meeting point of edges

  • turnRotational movement
  • curveSmooth, angleless line
  • twistRotating motion or surprise

hook · elbow · arc · hairpin · crook · winding · swerve · detour · junction · angle

approaching

imminent

About to occur

foreseeable · horizon · dawning · near · close · looming · nearing · in sight · on the way · coming up

Categories
Opposites
mental stability

around the bendsane

Mentally healthy, clearheaded

of sound mind · rational · level-headed · lucid · stable

behavioral normalcy

around the bendnormal

Conforming to standard

conventional · ordinary · straight-laced · well-adjusted · even-keeled

Family

bend, round, around, bending, rounded, bends, bendable, unbending, rounding

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Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G