- around the bend
- adjectiveinformal or slang terms for mentally irregular-
it used to drive my husband balmy
• Syn:↑balmy, ↑barmy, ↑bats, ↑batty, ↑bonkers, ↑buggy, ↑cracked, ↑crackers, ↑daft, ↑dotty, ↑fruity, ↑haywire, ↑kooky, ↑kookie, ↑loco, ↑loony, ↑loopy, ↑nuts, ↑nutty, ↑round the bend, ↑wacky, ↑whacky• Similar to: ↑insane* * *
Isee bend IIII'd tell you if you were going around the bend.
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around the bend (chiefly US) (or chiefly Brit round the bend)informal1 : ↑crazyThe pressure of his job nearly drove him around the bend.
He almost went around the bend.
If you ask me, she's completely round the bend.
2 US : occurring soonThe end of summer is just/right around the bend. [=around the corner]
• • •Main Entry: ↑bend
Useful english dictionary. 2012.