"round the bend" meaning in English

See round the bend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-round the bend.ogg Forms: around the bend [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} round the bend, {{en-PP}} round the bend
  1. (idiomatic) Crazy, mad or insane. Tags: idiomatic Translations (mad, crazy): meschugge (German), durchgeknallt (German), kopflos (German)
    Sense id: en-round_the_bend-en-prep_phrase-Ku6v6WCB Disambiguation of 'mad, crazy': 96 3 1
  2. (idiomatic) Close to or in close proximity to another location. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-round_the_bend-en-prep_phrase-3UQ~ws5T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 88 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 76 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 90 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 66 12
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see round, bend.
    Sense id: en-round_the_bend-en-prep_phrase-jRn6OUQo

Alternative forms

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