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off one's trolley

See: OFF ONE'S ROCKER.

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off one's rocker

[off one's rocker] or [off one's trolley] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not thinking correctly; crazy; silly; foolish. * /Tom is off his rocker if he thinks he can run faster than […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

trolley

[trolley] See: [OFF ONE'S ROCKER] or [OFF ONE'S TROLLEY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

rocker

[rocker] See: [OFF ONE'S ROCKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

all wet

[all wet] {adj.}, {slang} Entirely confused or wrong; mistaken. * /When the Wright brothers said they could build a flying machine, people thought they were all wet./ * /If you […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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