round the bend

English

Alternative forms

• around the bend

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

round the bend

1. (idiomatic) Crazy, mad or insane.
   • 2005, Henrik Moller, Renaissance, page 263:

     You're bloody berko, Koko! And who's driving? Manny? He's more round the bend than you!

2. (idiomatic) Close to or in close proximity to another location.

   Down the hill and round the bends, Thomas and his friends.

Translations

mad, crazy

• German: meschugge (de), durchgeknallt (de), kopflos (de)