Crazy as a coot/loon In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "crazy as a coot/loon", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Julia Huong

2021-11-18 10:11

(as) crazy as a bedbug , crazy as a betsy bug , crazy as a peach-orchard boar

Crazy as a coot/loon informal simile spoken

The phrase is often used jocularly.

Insane or weird.

Don't leave me alone with Mark- he's crazy as a coot!

If you think you can get away with that, you are as crazy as a loon.

Mr. John's bald, so why did you buy him a hair brush? You are as crazy as a coot!

(as) thick as mince

Extremely stupid

(as) silly as a wheel

Very stupid, or silly

not the full shilling

Stupid or crazy

To be extremely stupid; not to be alert

is off one's trolley

If you're off your trolley, your ideas or behaviour are crazy or insane.

The simile to the water bird stems from the sixteenth century.

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fall into shit and come up smelling like roses

Come out of a difficult situation without a stain on one's character

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I don't understand how he can fall in shit and come out smelling like a rose.

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