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Prepositional phrase [ edit ] off one's hinge
( idiomatic ) Alternative form of off one's hinges .
1928 The Great Radio Mystery [1] 208 :Why, Albro was quite off his hinge one time. They had to put him in a sanitarium.
1970 The World Shuffler [2] 120 :“Oh, I see. The solitude has driven you off your hinge . Rather ironic, actually,” he added with a hollow chuckle.
2001 The Boy Must Die , unnumbered page :“He's got a couple of hysterical people in there with him. The mother is right off her hinge . She's brought along her boyfriend. Chief is trying to calm them down.”
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:off one's hinge .
