2006-11-14 22:07:42 · 4 answers · asked by silvia b 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It could mean unraveled. When talking about a person, it could mean just losing it.
"When he heard the news of his wife's accident, he just became unstrung"
2006-11-14 22:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Showing extremes in emotions without restraint.
Violent types may become a bully and pick a fight with others for no apparent reason. This person is completely "unstrung."
Chatty people will become even more talkative than normal - speaking before thinking about what they are saying or to whom. They are completely unstrung.
2006-11-15 06:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by north79004487 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UNSTRUNG: emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort"
2006-11-15 06:11:02 · answer #3 · answered by Magnetic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the simile is the harp which sounds very dissonant or not at all if it is "unstrung", or may be a marionette, which can't move any more if its strings are cut.
2006-11-15 08:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by haggesitze 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋