Lose (one's) marbles
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6To go insane/To be or become mentally deficient, incompetent
दिमाग़ का पेंच ढीला होना
He must have lost his marbles to drive so fast on that icy road.
Radhika laughed and said she would lose her marbles if she had to read that boring report again.
Daily use: Itni raat tak bina break ke padhoge to marbles lose ho jayenge, thoda aaram bhi karo.
सोचिए, दिमाग़ के marbles (कंचे) सिर से निकलकर फ़र्श पर बिखर गए। Marbles खो गए तो समझदारी भी गई। Lose one's marbles यानी पागल हो जाना, दिमाग़ी संतुलन खो देना; go bananas भी ऐसा ही है।
Picture the marbles of the mind rolling out of a head and scattering across the floor. Once your marbles are lost, your good sense is gone. To lose one's marbles is to go mad or lose one's mental powers.
कई बार पूछा गया: answer 'to go insane / mental faculties खो देना' है; go bananas और go off one's head related हैं, sane और level-headed opposite हैं।
Asked several times: the answer is 'to go insane' or 'to lose one's mental faculties'; go bananas and go off one's head are related, while sane and level-headed are opposites.