nut case

nutcase

1. offensive slang A derogatory term for someone who is insane or psychotic. Some nutcase went rambling through the mall this morning, screaming incomprehensibly at anyone who went near him. My step-father threatened to have me locked away with the other nutcases in the asylum.
2. slang An eccentric, wild, or unorthodox person. You're such a nutcase, Tim—I can't believe you ate the entire thing by yourself! My whole family thinks I'm a bit of a nutcase because I practice holistic medicine. My friend Jake is a total nutcase, always pulling the most reckless, crazy stunts.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nut case

Fig. a crazy person; an irrational person. Bob is acting stranger and stranger. He is turning into a real nut case.
See also: case, nut
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • nutcase
  • nutter
  • nutjob
  • nutcake
  • foundry
  • nut factory
  • nut-foundry
  • nuthatch
  • nuthouse
  • nuttery
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Maybe you're employed at Black Flag: "Are you named after Henry Rollins' old punk band, or are they named after you?" or the Cambridge, MA City Hall: "Why does a city hall need condom machines in the restrooms?" Even though Richard seems to be looking forward to reply with great anticipation, he's obviously a nut case. Why reply at all?
To Timothy Dittrich, senior vice president for consumer business development for Maynard, Mass.-based Monster.com, Welch is either "a nut case or visionary." Whichever tag he might wear, Welch says he approached Dittrich several months ago about joining forces to go up against the 152,100-circulation Honolulu Advertiser, which by his calculations has 80 percent of Hawaii's print recruitment ad volume.
But that doesn't seem to stop him acting like a total fruit 'n' nut case when he crosses the white line.
Horvath's droll nut case and Kelly's Kay Ballard-like loudmouth have inspired moments, as do several supporting players.
The area is, and has been, anything but the retrograde, bible-thumping, poodle-worshipping nut case that its critics have charged.
They caught another nut case trying to pierce White House security.
Some of the above are intriguing and progressive politicians, some are merely suffering from bland ambition, LaRouche is a nut case, and here at The Nation there's more than a soft spot for brother Nader.
He insisted he had no contingency plans should Gustard leave for a e head coach role at Harlequins as, "If I dealt in rumours I'd be a nut case".
But I am not the type of nut case who would post endless selfies or pull attention-seeking stunts just to harvest a handful of positive reax.
And anybody who thinks differently is a fruit and nut case.
It's no good training like a nut case for a week then taking a break for a month.
BRENDAN RODGERS insists he would need to be a "nut case" to let Andy Carroll leave Liverpool considering the current lack of strikers at Anfield.
New York, July 15 (ANI): Mel Gibson has gone back to work on his next film amid rumours that he was violent in his relationship with Oksana Grigorieva.ibson is working on 'The Beaver,' where he is playing a nut case who communicates through a hand-puppet.
Other tunes and ditties flowed - R Whites "secret lemonade drinker" that was delivered in the style of Elvis Presley, the one for Maynards wine gums that exhorted gum chewers to "set the juice loose about this hoose" and the days (not so long ago) when everyone was a fruit and nut case. Everybody knew the classic Nimble advert from the 1970s of the girl floating over a hill on the end of a balloon to the sound of the Honeybus singing I Can't Let Maggie Go: She flies like a bird in the sky, she flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine.
Tinning has a team of four at his stable near Sheriff Hutton, but Life Is Beautiful has now won twice for him this term and, after having gone to 6,000gns to retain her at the auction, he said: "She is a nut case at home, but she is very game and John gave her a brilliant ride."