off your trolley

off (one's) trolley

Crazy or insane. When he told me about his plan to renovate the old, condemned house, I immediately thought he was off his trolley. You must be off your trolley if you think you can lift that heavy box by yourself.
See also: off, trolley
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

off your trolley

BRITISH, INFORMAL
If someone is off their trolley, they are behaving in a crazy way. If they think officers are going to give up their cars, they're off their trolley. Most people think I'm off my trolley, but I've never been so sure of anything in my life.
See also: off, trolley
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

off your trolley

crazy. informal
The trolley in this case is a pulley running on an overhead track that transmits power from the track to drive a tram; the idea is similar to that in go off the rails (see rail).
1983 Nathaniel Richard Nash The Young and Fair If you suspect Patty, you're off your trolley.
See also: off, trolley
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

off your ˈtrolley

(British English, informal) crazy; stupid: He’s completely off his trolley!
This idiom is similar to ‘go off the rails’ but refers to a tram (= a vehicle driven by electricity than runs on rails in the street) that has become disconnected from the power in the overhead track.
See also: off, trolley
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be off (one's) trolley
  • (I've) got to take off
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • (Now) where was I?
  • be off (one's) chump
  • be off (one's) rocker
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • be off with you
References in periodicals archive
YOU'D be off your trolley to ignore CALETT MAD in the Classic Handicap Chase (3.00, ITV4) at Warwick today.
Whydoesithappen YOU can get an ambulance immediately if you're in Cardiff city centre off your trolley on spice/dope/drink and unresponsive.
The Department of Health and Social Care complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that the Daily Mirror breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice in an article headlined "You're off your trolley", published on 9 February 2018.
THIS week there's the chance to get off your trolley and make your kitchen function and look better.
29 Who would you have gone Off Your Trolley with in a shopping documentary of that name?
This year's game is called Off Your Trolley and is a fast-paced game of skill and ref lexes.
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"It's all a question of perspective, if you are a cricket player and turn up at Number 10 Downing Street, off your trolley with drink, that's middle class and all right.
OFF YOUR TROLLEY: Flori trolley Pounds 35.00 from The Holding Company, Unit 15, Imperial Studio, 3-11 Imperial Road, London SW6 2AG
And as you can see you really would be off your trolley not to buy it.
Later this year British Waterways plans to award a "golden trolley" award to themost environmentally-responsible supermarket, and an "off your trolley" prize to the retailer doing least.
YOU'D be off your trolley not to get the running bug on a trip to your local supermarket.
THE final winners in the Evening Telegraph's Off Your Trolley competition have claimed their prizes as org-anisers hailed the contest a huge success.
There's a lot you can do with shallots and here are two Safeway dishes that will have you off your trolley.
"If you said we'd be in this position at the start of the season I'd have said you were off your trolley.