off one's hinges
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Unstable or irrational; crazy.
Example Sentences
- "'She’s hysterical already,' he murmured gloomily. 'She'll fly off her hinges if you suggest it.'"
- "“Yeah, I’m okay,” she answers with Zen calm, as if she wasn’t completely off her hinges a minute ago."
- "Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges."