Looned In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "looned", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Julia Huong calendar 2021-11-18 10:11

Meaning of Looned (redirected from crazy as a coot/loon )

Synonyms:

(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!

Other phrases about:

(as) thick as mince

Extremely stupid

(as) silly as a wheel

Very stupid, or silly

not the full shilling

Stupid or crazy

not know (one's) ass from a hole in the ground

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.

Origin of Crazy as a coot/loon

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

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