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lunatics have taken over the asylum

lunatics have taken over the asylum is the alternative form of the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Meaning of the lunatics have taken over the asylum

Phrase

the lunatics have taken over the asylum

  1. Said of a situation in which those in charge are incapable of handling their responsibilities, and should rather be put under scrutiny themselves.
    • Achievers in San Francisco tend to refer to Bolinas as one of those places where the lunatics have taken over the asylum, and tell you about I.B.M. vice presidents who have dropped out there and are into macrame.1976 July 4, Ted Morgan, “The Pursuit of Happiness”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2018

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Lunatics have taken over the asylum is the alternative form of the lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Words near lunatics have taken over the asylum in the dictionary

  1. lunatical
  2. lunatically
  3. lunatick
  4. lunaticks
  5. lunatics
  6. lunatics have taken over the asylum
  7. lunatin
  8. lunation
  9. lunations
  10. lunatize
  11. lunatized

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