rubber room

rubber room

slang A room in which the walls are padded. It is typically found in psychiatric institutions, where it houses one who is not mentally stable, in an effort to prevent self-harm. That patient kept banging her head against the wall, so she is now in a rubber room for her own safety.
See also: room, rubber
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (one) is not playing with a full deck
  • not playing with a full deck
  • not have all (one's) marbles
  • not have all marbles
  • be not all there
  • be not all/quite there
  • gut class
  • gut course
  • be not playing with a full deck
  • padded
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