Out of your gourd

Posted by ESC on December 19, 2005

In Reply to: Out of your gourd posted by Bruce Kahl on December 19, 2005

: : I would like to know the meaning of "you are out of your gourd". Does anyone know this?

: Used to describe an extreme mental state--as in "You're out of your gourd" meaning you are crazy or "stoned out of your gourd" meaning extremely intoxicated.

: Why gourd I do not know. A gourd is a pumpkin type vegetable. Maybe someone else here can figure out the connection.

Gourd = head. Because of the shape of some gourds, I imagine.

• Out of your gourd RRC 19/December/05
  • Where I live we don't use mustard to make pumpkins Bruce Kahl 19/December/05
    • Where I live we don't use mustard to make pumpkins RRC 20/December/05