off the hinges
English
Prepositional phrase
off the hinges
- In a state of disorder or irregularity.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Support of Good Men
- […] they were enabled to bear it, 'till being distracted by their torments, their understandings were thrown off the hinges […]
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Support of Good Men