not have all marbles



not have all one's marbles

Fig. not to have all one's mental capacities. John acts as if he doesn't have all his marbles. I'm afraid that I don't have all my marbles all the time.
See also: all, have, marble, not

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jonie-English
Esperantae-spe-RAHN-tahEsperanto
Elkan-Hebrew
GerryJER-ee (English), KHER-ree (Dutch)English, Dutch
Mcguire[mə'gwaiə]
Ioan-Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian