Lost your marbles
Posted by James Briggs on January 25, 2001
In Reply to: Lost your marbles posted by ESC on January 25, 2001
: : can anyone tell me what the origin of lost your marbles is, please.
: I couldn't find any information in my reference books. However, I am assuming that the origin would be in the child's game of marbles.
Possibles:
1.Rhyming slang; 'marble halls = balls = testicles'
2. ditto. 'marbles & conkers = bonkers'
3. Slang for 'money' from 19C.
Source: Cassel Dictionary of Slang
- Lost your marbles ESC 01/25/01