10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF ONE'S NUT»
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
[SE off+ nob n.1 (1)] off one's nut phr. [mid-19C+] 1 drunk (d. addled adj.). 2 mad (
d. off one's base phr.). 3 infatuated, very enthusiastic. [SE off+ nut n.' (2)] off one's
oats phr. [late 19C+] feeling unwell, esp. if this diminishes one's appetite.
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Originating in the early 1800s and first used only for animals, this colloquial term
later was applied to humans as well. off one's guard ➧ See off guard. off one's
head Also, off one's nut or rocker or trolley or chump. Crazy, out of one's mind, as
in ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Hence, off (one's) nut, crazy: 1873, Miss Braddon (OED), and:—4. Off (one's) nut,
in liquor, drunk: low: later C.19. H., 2nd ed., 1860.—5. A person: coll.: 1887,
Manville Fenn, 'He is a close old nut' (OED); ob. by 1930. Esp. an old nut; cf. a
silly ...
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
lose one's temper: Lost my nana with a couple of customers tonight and wish I
hadn't. be off one's nut get one's nuts off be off one 's nut - (si.) be out of one's
mind; be insane: But is the master off his nut that he has her down here to stay?
get ...
... Obtuse Odd Oddball Oedipus complex Off Off at the nail Off his rocker Off his
trolley Off in the upper story Off one's base Off one's bean Off one's box Off one's
chump Off one's head Off one's kerbase Off one's nut Off one's onion Off one's
rails ...
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A Thesaurus of English Phrases with Japanese Equivalents
... possession or care. j&Jg \_X , ^ LX Off one's head— crazy; excited and not
under the guidance of one's reason; delirious. L?: £ ,fff Off one's mind— removed
from one's thoughts so as to cause care or trouble no longer. »J X Off one's nut ...
Eigo Kyôju Kenkyû Kai, 1905
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Phr. (i) to be off one's nut, to be demented ; (a) — crack a person's nut, (3) —
warm a person's nut, to punch his head ; (4) — work one's nut, to think. (i) w.Yks.
If iwer a taan went cleean off it nut, Bradforth did, HARTLEY Clock Aim. (1883) 19
. e.
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Chambers English Thesaurus
... imprudent, incensed, infatuated, infuriated, insane, irate, irrational, irritated,
keen, livid, loony, loopy, ludicrous, lunatic, madcap, mental, moon-struck, non
compos mentis, nonsensical, nuts, nutty, off one's- chump, off one's head, off
one's nut, ...
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
An Americanism from the turn of the 20th century, adopted elsewhere before
World War II, it derives ultimately from the 19th-century notion of 'off one's nut', a
slang version of the colloquial 'off one's head'. 1b. extremely enthusiastic or ...
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Diccionari UB: anglès-català
... pebrots, ous -$the nuts and bolts (of something) la base o els elements basics (
d'alguna cosa) -$to be a hard/tough nut to crack col-loq es- ser un os dur de
rosegar ->to be off one's nut BrE col-loq estar gw&at: you'd be off your nut to turn
the ...
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Would Oasis make it today, when pop music has been colonised by …
... nice enough news for old fans like me, for whom the sounds of that album are a glorious reminder of being 19 years old and off one's nut. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
