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{
"etymology_text": "1899, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically, with “belfry” indicating “head, mind”.",
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"form": "has bats in one's belfry",
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},
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"form": "having bats in one's belfry",
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},
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"form": "had bats in one's belfry",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "batshit"
},
{
"word": "batty"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Anyone declaring himself Emperor of San Francisco probably had bats in his belfry."
},
{
"ref": "1900, Mary Etta Stickney, Brown of Lost River, page 254",
"text": "You would certainly take the prize for bats in the belfry!--flying off on a wild-goose chase across a country where even the geese need a compass to keep to the course.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xv. 136",
"text": "\"That's sane,\" he replied mechanically. \"I figured all along there were no bats in your belfry.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be crazy or eccentric."
],
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],
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To be crazy or eccentric."
],
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"word": "have bats in the belfry"
}
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "have rotter på loftet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "havi muŝon en la cerbo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla sekaisin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla latvasta laho"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla häkää yliskamarissa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "avoir une araignée au plafond"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "nincs ki a négy kereke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "mancare di qualche rotella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "essere svitato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć nie po kolei w głowie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vintika v golove ne xvatajet",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "винтика в голове не хватает"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krýša pojéxala",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "кры́ша пое́хала"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne vse doma",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "не все дома"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sorvalo bášnju",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "сорвало ба́шню"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šariki za róliki zajexali",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "шарики за ро́лики заехали"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "tener pájaros en la cabeza"
}
]
}
],
"word": "have bats in one's belfry"
}
{
"derived": [
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"word": "batshit"
},
{
"word": "batty"
}
],
"etymology_text": "1899, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically, with “belfry” indicating “head, mind”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "has bats in one's belfry",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "having bats in one's belfry",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had bats in one's belfry",
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]
},
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"form": "had bats in one's belfry",
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}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Anyone declaring himself Emperor of San Francisco probably had bats in his belfry."
},
{
"ref": "1900, Mary Etta Stickney, Brown of Lost River, page 254",
"text": "You would certainly take the prize for bats in the belfry!--flying off on a wild-goose chase across a country where even the geese need a compass to keep to the course.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1930, Sax Rohmer, The Day the World Ended, published 1969, page xv. 136",
"text": "\"That's sane,\" he replied mechanically. \"I figured all along there were no bats in your belfry.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be crazy or eccentric."
],
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"crazy",
"crazy"
],
[
"eccentric",
"eccentric"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, intransitive) To be crazy or eccentric."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "have bats in the belfry"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "have rotter på loftet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "havi muŝon en la cerbo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla sekaisin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla latvasta laho"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "olla häkää yliskamarissa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "avoir une araignée au plafond"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "nincs ki a négy kereke"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "mancare di qualche rotella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "essere svitato"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć nie po kolei w głowie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vintika v golove ne xvatajet",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "винтика в голове не хватает"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krýša pojéxala",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "кры́ша пое́хала"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne vse doma",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "не все дома"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sorvalo bášnju",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "сорвало ба́шню"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šariki za róliki zajexali",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "шарики за ро́лики заехали"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be crazy or eccentric",
"word": "tener pájaros en la cabeza"
}
],
"word": "have bats in one's belfry"
}
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