A screw loose

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something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere.

See also: Screw

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eccentricity screw screw up screw-loose screwed Screwer Screwing screwy			That's neither here nor there, though; but Lidia--I'm very fond of her, but she has a screw loose somewhere--has lost her heart to this Landau now, and nothing is settled now in her house or Alexey Alexandrovitch's without him, and so your sister's fate is now in the hands of Landau, alias Count Bezzubov. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context If there's a screw loose in a heavenly body, that's philosophy; and if there's screw loose in a earthly body, that's philosophy too; or it may be that sometimes there's a little metaphysics in it, but that's not often. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context Ever since we got together, I've been casting about to find out what's wrong with you, to locate a screw loose somewhere, but I'll be danged if I've succeeded. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context			a la mode à la mode A labor of love A level A list a little a lot A man of mark A marked man a mensa et thoro a million times A month mind A murrain on you A note shaver A pair of bellows A per se A piece of bric-a-brac A piece of money à pied A pig in a poke A play upon words a posteriori A power a priori A respecter of persons A screw loose A shares A sharp A sheet in the wind A ship's caliber A ship's husband A short cut A sizes a snowball's chance in hell A son A speaking acquaintance A stand of arms A stick of eels A straight face A straight line a tempo A tempo giusto A to J A to Z A to ZÂ a trifle A true bill A Visit from St. Nicholas A wet blanket A wheel within a wheel A whited sepulcher			a sacred cow a sad sight a sad state of affairs a safe bet a safe pair of hands A Safer Place Youth Network a safety net a safety valve A Sailor Moon Romance A Salto de Mata A Santos Dumont A Saucerful of Secrets a saving grace a savoir a scab a scab a scab a scab A scale A scan a scandal sheet a scaredy-cat a scarlet woman A Scene Segmenter Establishing Tracking A School Cultivating Excellence, Nurturing Diversity A scope A Scrap of Paper A screw loose A Scripted Hex Editor a sea change A Search for Direct CP Violation in Hyperon Decays A Second Chance Animal Shelter A Second Mario Thing a second-class citizen A SEED A selection A Self Contained World A Self-Made Man A Self-Made Man A Sense of Belonging a sense of direction a sense of direction a sense of direction a sense of direction A Sentence to Silence A Sequence of Ghosts A Series of Bearings A Series of Unexpected Escapes A Series of Unfortunate Events A Service for Self-Employment, Training, and Support a seven-day wonder A Severity Characterization of Trauma a sex kitten a sex object a shade a shade a shade A Shade Better Inc

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