The phrase"have you lost your marbles???
why has Marbles replaced Mind??
2007-04-01 12:34:27 · 9 answers · asked by heatherclhn 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
It didn't really come from anything. There are a lot of other phrases to indicate that someone has lost touch with reality, or is no longer sane.
Some others I've heard
Not playing with a full deck
The cheese slipped off his cracker
Lights are on but nobody's home
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
2007-04-01 14:49:03 · answer #1 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a figure of speech, but why it's marbles and not ermmm...chickens or peanuts or something, idk.
It's just a slang expression meaning you are not thinking properly.
Idiom :
lose your marbles ~ lose control of your mind, lose it
The Peter Pan thing? It was used in the play and the movie, but it goes back a lot further than that.
2007-04-01 13:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by Kate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not positive, but I remember in Peter Pan, one of the lost boys was really really slow. He kept looking for his marbles. When he found them, he got smart.
2007-04-01 12:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by msmthtchr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
marbles got something to do with the mind. but its all an expression. go search it up on google. u might find something.
2007-04-01 12:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a figure of speech (idiom)
that is what we call literature and this kind of literature makes ur mind go crazy..
lost your marbles means lost of mind
u know Peter Pan.........search google for more info
2007-04-01 13:50:37 · answer #5 · answered by blue angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SIMPLY TYPE IN THE 'RESEARCH YOUR ANSWER' COLUMN ' HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MARBLES'!
ALL KINDS OF SITES COME UP TO INVESTIGATE ON ONE'S OWN. Best - Mark B.
2007-04-01 13:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
where are my marbles anyway??
2007-04-01 13:56:23 · answer #7 · answered by starla_o0 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a figure of speech, nothing more.
2007-04-01 12:58:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
!its just an expression!
2007-04-01 12:43:36 · answer #9 · answered by Ashley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋