round the bend
Lost one's marbles
Round the bend means crazy or mentally unhinged.
The expression is British in origin and slightly informal: The constant noise was driving me round the bend.
It suggests someone has gone past the point of rationality, as if sanity were a road and madness lay just around the corner.
- bonkersWildly irrational, unhinged
- barmyBritish term for crazy
- turnRotational movement
- cuckooBrood parasite bird
- losing itMental composure collapsing
lost the plot · nuts · off one's rocker · off one's head · crackers · mad as a hatter · stark raving mad · madness · out of one's mind · not all there · nutty as a fruitcake · insanity · flipped out · gone bananas · curve · batty · away with the fairies · irrationality
round the bendsane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
of sound mind · rational · lucid · compos mentis · in one's right mind
round the bendsensible
Showing good judgment
reasonable · logical · rational · level-headed · sound
round the bendnormal
Conforming to standard
conventional · ordinary · straight-laced · buttoned-up · conformist
bend, round, bending, rounded, rounds, bends, rounding, roundness, bender