have bats in one's belfry

短语

词形变化

had bats in one's belfry has bats in one's belfry 三单 has bats in one's belfry having bats in one's belfry having bats in one's belfry 现在分词 had bats in one's belfry 过去式 had bats in one's belfry 过去分词

别名

have bats in the belfry

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be crazy or eccentric.

    习语 不及物

    Anyone declaring himself Emperor of San Francisco probably had bats in his belfry.

词源

1899, from tendency of bats to fly around erratically, with “belfry” indicating “head, mind”.

来源：wiktionary