off one's rocker
off one's rocker prepositional phrase: crazy; insane.
Prepositional phrase
- Crazy; insane.
- He's off his rocker if he thinks he can tackle the whole thing alone.
- “Bertie! Your manner is strange.”
“Your manner would be strange if you'd been sitting on the floor of Wilbert Cream's sleeping apartment with a chair round your neck, and Ma Cream had come in.”
“Golly! Did she?”
“In person.”
“What did you say?”
“I said I was looking for a mouse.”
“Couldn't you...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 86
Questions about off one's rocker
- What does off one's rocker mean?
- Off one's rocker means crazy; insane.
- What part of speech is off one's rocker?
- Off one's rocker is a prepositional phrase.
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