needed one's head examined
Behaved completely irrationally
To need one's head examined is to be acting so foolishly or irrationally that something must be wrong with one's brain: Anyone who pays that much for a used car needs their head examined.
The phrase implies the person's judgment is so poor it borders on insanity.
Often used hyperbolically to express strong disagreement with someone's choices.
- off one's rockerInsane, mentally unstable
- out of one's mindMentally unhinged
- not all thereMentally deficient somehow
- psychological assessmentClinical evaluation of mind
- psychiatric evaluationClinical mental health assessment
lost one's marbles · barking mad · round the bend · stark raving mad · social stigma · ridicule · psychoanalysis · cognitive testing · ostracism · insane · loony · crazy · out to lunch · clinical diagnosis · padded cell · societal norms · behavioral analysis · bonkers
needed one's head examinedhad one's wits about one
Remained calm and alert
needing, needless, needlessly, neediness, headed, heading, headless, header, headfirst