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Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.



 
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Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy. #1 (permalink) Mon Jun 01, 2009 23:33 pm   Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
 

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There's no hope for him now because he's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.

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There's no hope for him now because he's lost his nerve and has gone completely crazy.

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There's no hope for him now because he's lost his rag and has gone completely crazy.
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Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy. #2 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:35 am   Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
 

"To lose one's marbles" means to go insane.

"To lose one's nerve" means to lose courage.

"To lose one's rag" sounds like some kind of local slang. I don't recognize it, and it isn't standard English.
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Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy. #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:33 am   Sentence: He's lost his marbles and has gone completely crazy.
 

Good morning Jamie, I do wish you would stop making that statement. It is widely used.

To lose one's rag, is to lose your temper.

" The boss lost his rag today, and sacked two people."

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