- not all there
- mod. crazy; stupid acting.□ Tom’s not all there. Really dense.□ You can’t depend on Paul for much help. He’s really not all there.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
not all there
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not all there — If someone isn t all there, they are a little bit stupid or crazy. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Someone who is not all there behaves strangely at times, or seems a bit odd. Our new neighbour wears a hat and coat even in summer;… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
not all there — {adj. phr.} Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. * /Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
not all there — {adj. phr.} Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. * /Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
not\ all\ there — adj. phr. Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there … Словарь американских идиом
not all there — retarded, slow to learn, one brick short... Sometimes Vincent acts kind of strange like he s not all there … English idioms
not all there — stupid or confused It describes a mental state, not that of an amputee: That poor creature who s not quite all there. (Christie, 1940) Atypically, all there means keenly intelligent … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
not all there — not sane, not of sound mind, not thinking clearly … English contemporary dictionary
not all there — Synonyms and related words: abnormal, arrested, babbling, backward, bereft of reason, blithering, brainsick, burbling, crackbrained, cracked, crazed, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, daft, deluded, demented, deprived of reason, deranged,… … Moby Thesaurus
not all there — adjective mentally incompetent; of low intelligence; absentminded … Wiktionary
all there — or[all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. Usually used in negative sentences, * /Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all there — or[all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. Usually used in negative sentences, * /Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
