round the bend


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Adj.1.round the bend - informal or slang terms for mentally irregularround the bend - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
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In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend upstream.
I splashed through the tu- multuous water, pushing aside a man in black to do so, until I could see round the bend. Half a dozen deserted boats pitched aimlessly upon the confusion of the waves.
But before she had quite reached it another vehicle shot out from a clump of trees on the summit, came round the bend of the road there, passed the luggage-cart, and halted beside Tess, who looked up as if in great surprise.
Laurie had vanished round the bend, Jo was just at the turn, and Amy, far behind, striking out toward the the smoother ice in the middle of the river.
Owing to the peculiar form of the shore on the Kentucky side, the land bending far out into the water, the ice had been lodged and detained in great quantities, and the narrow channel which swept round the bend was full of ice, piled one cake over another, thus forming a temporary barrier to the descending ice, which lodged, and formed a great, undulating raft, filling up the whole river, and extending almost to the Kentucky shore.
The two men watched the steamer round the bend, then, ascending arm in arm the slope of the bank, returned to the station.
Emer France Alhadri, who was in the other car, said the Bora was halfway over the white line when it came round the bend fast.
Maureen McSorley was being driven round the bend as she tried to negotiate DVLA red tape to renew her licence.
For both Bootle or Waterloo seem possible Oh, this uncertainty is driving me round the bend Travelling out of Liverpool in different directions is just as puzzling Is nearby St Helens a non-Scouser boundary wall?
Now it's bathroom suites with a shower given free We're just about round the bend, we're sure you'll agree.
The poor woman is driven almost round the bend by a call from beyond the grave and suffers a series of pranks, both at home and at the cab office, prompting Steve to report the incidents to the police.