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"ref": "1916, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 22, in Just David",
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"ref": "2016 September 23, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Sep 23, 2016",
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"word": "побъркан съм"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "olla ruuvi löysällä"
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"word": "avoir un grain"
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"word": "avoir une case en moins"
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"word": "avoir un pète au casque"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "eine Schraube locker haben"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben"
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"word": "hiányzik egy kereke"
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"word": "nincs ki a négy kereke"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "vera ekki með öllum mjalla"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "seachrán a bheith ort"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "essere svitato"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "mancare di qualche rotella"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ha en skrue løs"
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"word": "nie mieć wszystkich w domu"
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"english": "head is one bolt short",
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"roman": "víntika v golové ne xvatájet",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ви́нтика в голове́ не хвата́ет"
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"word": "не все до́ма"
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"word": "фа̏лити по̏ дви̏је да̏ске"
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"word": "fȁliti pȍ dvȉje dȁske"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "tener pájaros en la cabeza"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "tener un tornillo zafado"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ha en skruv lös"
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "побъркан съм"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hlopa mi dǎskata",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "хлопа ми дъската"
},
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "een vijs kwijt zijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "olla ruuvi löysällä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "avoir un grain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ne pas tourner rond"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "avoir une case de vide"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "avoir une case en moins"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "avoir un pète au casque"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "eine Schraube locker haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "hiányzik egy kereke"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "nincs ki a négy kereke"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "vera ekki með öllum mjalla"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "seachrán a bheith ort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "essere svitato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "mancare di qualche rotella"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ha en skrue løs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"tags": [
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"word": "nie mieć wszystkich w domu"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "head is one bolt short",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "víntika v golové ne xvatájet",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ви́нтика в голове́ не хвата́ет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "not everyone at home",
"roman": "ne vse dóma",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "не все до́ма"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "fȁliti pȍ dvȉje dȁske",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "фа̏лити по̏ дви̏је да̏ске"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "fȁliti pȍ dvȉje dȁske"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "tener pájaros en la cabeza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "tener un tornillo zafado"
},
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"sense": "to be insane, irrational, or eccentric",
"word": "ha en skruv lös"
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"word": "have a screw loose"
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