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141 be off one's chump
жарг.спятить, помешаться, свихнуться, рехнуться, тронуться; ≈ не все дома; см. тж. go off one's heat 1)Liza: "...I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I don't want no balmies teaching me." (B. Shaw, ‘Pygmalion’, act II) — Элиза: "...я ухожу. У него, видно, не все дома. Не нужно мне полоумных учителей."
7th Juryman: "I can't see a madman using the words "off his chump." 3rd Juryman: "Why not? It's a very handy expression." 7th Juryman: "I think if a man was mad, he wouldn't use slang." (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Show’, act III) — Седьмой присяжный: "Я не могу представить себе, чтобы сумасшедший сказал: "Он спятил". Третий присяжный: "А почему бы и нет? Это очень подходящее выражение." Седьмой присяжный: "Я думаю, что сумасшедший не будет употреблять сленг."
...you can't help pitying me, but you'd like to see me dead. Who wouldn't? A fellow has no business to go off his chump. But I'm sane enough, Cherrell, don't make any mistake. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XV) —...конечно, вам меня жаль, но вы хотели бы, чтобы я умер. Да и кто бы не хотел? Вольно же мне было свихнуться. Но теперь я в здравом уме, Черрел, имейте это в виду.
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