Acting out
111throw your toys out of the pram — To make an angry protest against a relatively minor problem, in the process embarrassing the protester. The analogy is with a baby who throws toys out of the pram in order to get their parent to pay attention to them. The implication in the idiom …
112spaced out — {adj.}, {slang}, {informal} Having gaps in one s train of thought, confused, incoherent; resembling the behavior of someone who is under the influence of drugs. * /Joe s been acting funny lately spaced out, you might say./ …
113spaced out — {adj.}, {slang}, {informal} Having gaps in one s train of thought, confused, incoherent; resembling the behavior of someone who is under the influence of drugs. * /Joe s been acting funny lately spaced out, you might say./ …
114Baseball: Baseball Strikes Out — ▪ 1995 On Sept. 14, 1994, acting commissioner Allan H. ( Bud ) Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. The World Series had been contested every October… …
115Zoned out — under the influence of marijuana, or some other similar acting drug; spaced out …
116zoned out — Australian Slang under the influence of marijuana, or some other similar acting drug; spaced out …
117flake out — v Start acting peculiar, odd, eccentric. He was a good philosophy teacher before he fell in love with a hippy and flaked out. 1960s …
118spaced\ out — adj slang informal Having gaps in one s train of thought, confused, incoherent; resembling the behavior of someone who is under the influence of drugs. Joe s been acting funny lately spaced out, you might say …
119stick one's neck out — ► stick one s neck out informal risk criticism or anger by acting or speaking boldly. Main Entry: ↑stick …
120Wigged out — 1. under the effects of marijuana; stoned; 2. acting as though under the effects of drugs …