"round the twist" meaning in English

See round the twist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-round the twist.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} round the twist, {{en-PP}} round the twist
  1. (slang) Mad. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-round_the_twist-en-prep_phrase-S5FYl0F- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. (slang) Eccentric. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-round_the_twist-en-prep_phrase-zZOge43Q

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