needing one's head examined
Acting completely crazy
To need one's head examined is to be acting so foolishly or irrationally that mental instability seems the only explanation.
The phrase is dismissive rather than clinical—a way of saying someone's judgment is severely flawed: Anyone who pays that much for a handbag needs their head examined.
Often shortened to needs his head examined or similar.
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- harebrainedRecklessly stupid or impractical
- irrationalityAbsence of logic
- lose one's marblesGo insane
- psychiatristMental disorder physician
off one's rocker · out of one's mind · round the bend · madcap · nutty as a fruitcake · off one's trolley · out to lunch · mental illness · folly · impulsiveness · recklessness · bats in the belfry · delusion · misjudgment · psychotherapy · overconfidence · shortsightedness · imprudence
needing one's head examinedsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
rational · sensible · of sound mind · in one's right mind · level-headed
needing one's head examinedwise
Showing good judgment
prudent · sensible · reasonable · thinking straight · shrewd
needed, needing, neediness, oneness, headed, heading, headless, header, headfirst