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You re losing your marbles.
The idiom to lose one s marbles has a rather convoluted origin.
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During the late 19th century losing one s marbles began to be used to mean getting frustrated or angry.
At one time marbles was a slang term for furniture a misrepresentation of the french word for.
Fear you re losing your marbles.
For i tell you that no boy ever lost his marbles more irrevocably than you and i will lose our self respect if we remain to take part in a wordy discussion that ends in a broil.
Lose your marbles lose one s mind insanity person who does not have common sense wits.
Put 5 10 marbles in the centre of the ring.
Draw your circle on the ground in chalk or make one out of string if you re indoors hint tape it to the floor so it stays in place.
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Therefore to lose one s marbles means to lose your stuff or idomatically to lose one s mind.
The term lose one s marbles has undergone an evolution in meaning.
Playing for keeps losing your marbles.
Choose your shooter marble this should be the largest marble in your pack.
At one time to lose one s marbles meant to become angry.
To lose one s marbles means to go insane to take leave on one s wits to lose one s mind.
You re losing your marbles celebrity by roger friedman may 23 2020 1 16 pm.