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To be crazy or eccentric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Anyone declaring himself Emperor of San Francisco probably had bats in his belfry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
1899, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically, with “belfry” indicating “head, mind”.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
tenir un perdigó a l'ala
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Danish:
have rotter på loftet
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Esperanto:
havi muŝon en la cerbo
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Finnish:
olla sekaisin
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Finnish:
olla latvasta laho
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Finnish:
olla häkää yliskamarissa
— to be crazy or eccentric
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French:
avoir une araignée au plafond
— to be crazy or eccentric
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German:
nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Hungarian:
nincs ki a négy kereke
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Italian:
mancare di qualche rotella
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Italian:
essere svitato
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Polish:
mieć nie po kolei w głowie
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Russian:
винтика в голове не хватает
(vintika v golove ne xvatajet)
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Russian:
кры́ша пое́хала
(krýša pojéxala)
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Russian:
не все дома
(ne vse doma)
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Russian:
сорвало ба́шню
(sorvalo bášnju)
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Russian:
шарики за ро́лики заехали
(šariki za róliki zajexali)
— to be crazy or eccentric
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Spanish:
tener pájaros en la cabeza
— to be crazy or eccentric
