(a)round the bend
(a)round the bend
1. In close proximity to another location. Said especially when traveling by car, often when literally approaching a bend. The store isn't far from here, it's just around the bend.
2. slang Crazy It's freezing today, and you're not going to wear a coat? Have you gone around the bend?
3. slang Intoxicated from drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were really around the bend!
See also: bend
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*(a)round the bend
1. Fig. crazy; having lost sanity. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) I think this job is sending me around the bend. She sounds like she's round the bend already.
2. intoxicated from alcohol or drugs. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) One more of those, and you'll be around the bend. From the glassy look in her eyes, I'd say she is completely round the bend now.
See also: bend, round
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
around the bend
1. Around a curve or corner on a road or pathway, as in Peter's house is just around the bend. Also see around the corner, def. 1.
2. Also, round the bend. Crazy, insane, as in Throwing out that perfectly good steak? Have you gone round the bend? [Colloquial; early 1900s]
See also: around, bend
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
round the bend
mainly BRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If someone is round the bend, their ideas or behaviour are very strange or foolish. I actually used to look at mountaineers and think they were a little bit round the bend. If anyone told me a few months ago that I'd meet a marvellous person like you, I'd have said they were round the bend.
See also: bend, round
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
round the bend (or twist)
crazy; mad. informal 1998 Spectator She combines a fondness for holidays in Switzerland with an amiable husband…who saves her from going completely round the bend.
See also: bend, round
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
(a)round the bend
1. mod. crazy; beyond sanity. I think I’m going around the bend.
2. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. From the look in her eye, I’d say she is completely round the bend now.
See also: around, bend
round the bend
verbSee around the bend
See also: bend, round
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
around the bend
Slang Mentally deranged; crazy.
See also: around, bend
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- around the bend
- round the bend
- around the corner
- just around the corner
- just around/round the corner
- (a)round the corner
- stand with
- stand with (one)
- stand together
- close by