with a screw loose



with a screw loose

Having or characterized by silliness, eccentricity, craziness, or mental instability. There's some guy with a screw loose standing on the corner yelling obscenities at passersby. I have this strange fear that I'm going to turn into a lonely old bachelor with a screw loose when I get old.
See also: loose, screw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
StarSTAHREnglish
Bishop['biʃəp]
Alfredaahl-FRE-dah (Polish, German, Italian)Polish, German, Italian, English
AoibheEE-vaIrish
GilbertGIL-bərt (English), zheel-BER (French), KHIL-bərt (Dutch), GIL-bert (German)English, French, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
EkkehardE-ke-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic