plumb crazy

plumb crazy

slang Utterly crazy or insane. ("Plumb" is used here as intensifier.) Primarily heard in US. This idea of yours is plumb crazy. Poor guy went plumb crazy after his wife died.
See also: crazy, plumb
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (as) crazy as a bedbug
  • crazy as a bedbug
  • bedbug
  • crazy like a fox
  • crazy in the head
  • crazy as a loon
  • crackbrain
  • nut up
  • peach
  • (as) crazy as a peach-orchard boar
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