out of one's mind en · ADP
Pronunciation
- /aʊt əv wʌnz maɪnd/
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Insane, crazy.
Or was Erskine out of his mind? And he himself Watt was he not perhaps slightly deranged? And Mr. Knott himself, was he quite right in his head?
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:You're out of your mind if you think you can jump that far.
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(idiomatic) Temporarily mentally unstable; very distressed.
When you didn't phone home, we were out of our minds with worry.
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(idiomatic) Away from the focus of one's thoughts.
Try to put the day's troubles out of your mind and relax.
Antonyms
in one's right mind (antonym(s) of “temporarily distressed”)
Relateds
lose one's mind (crazy, temporarily distressed) · wrongminded
Synonyms
out there (crazy) · out of one's gourd (crazy) · out of one's wits (crazy) · out of one's skull (crazy) · out of one's cotton-picking mind (crazy) · out of one's box (crazy) · off one's head (crazy) · out of one's head (crazy)
Translations (35)
pl podenerwowany (distressed) · es como las maracas de Machín (insane) · hu meg van őrülve (insane) · ru вне себя́ (distressed) · es fuera de juicio (insane) · pl zwariowany (insane) · it fuori di sé (insane) · fi järjiltään (insane) · es no en sus cabales (insane) · cmn 發瘋 /发疯 (insane) · pt fora de si (distressed) · es como una cabra (insane) · nl buiten zinnen (insane) · ru не в своём уме (insane) · nn ute å køyra (insane) · he אַראָפּ פֿון זינען (insane) · gl fóra de si (insane) · es fuera de la mente de uno (insane) · hu nincs eszénél (insane) · la dēmens (insane) · pt fora de si (insane) · gl fóra de si (distressed) · cmn 憂慮 /忧虑 (distressed) · fi sekaisin (distressed) · nn ikkje rett i hovudet (insane) · nb ute å kjøre (insane) · hu majd megőrül (distressed) · hu elment az esze (insane) · cy o ei gof (insane) · la impos animī (insane) · nb ikke rett i hodet (insane) · pl szalony (insane) · it fuori di testa (insane) · sv inte riktigt klok (insane) · pl niespełna rozumu (insane)