be moonstruck

be moonstruck

An allusion to the belief that the moon causes mental instability.
1. To be overcome with romantic feelings or sentiments. Don't listen to Betty—she's just moonstruck and wants everyone to be in love along with her.
2. To be crazy or deranged. I'll be moonstruck if I have to deal with these screaming toddlers for much longer. My family thinks I'm moonstruck just because I practice a form of alternative medicine using magnetic fields.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • straws in (one's) hair
  • the kiss of death
  • kiss of death
  • kiss of death, a/the
  • end game
  • (as) old as Adam
  • Adam
  • as old as Adam
  • a security blanket
  • game is not worth the candle, the