не все дома

• НЕ ВСЕ ДОМА у кого highly coll, derog

[Invar; VPsubj быть, usu. pres; fixed WO]

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⇒ s.o. is eccentric, has quirks, acts strangely, as if he is not quite normal:

- у X-a не все дома{{}}≈ X isn't playing with a full deck;

- X doesn't have both oars in the water;

- X isn't all there;

- X isn't quite right in the head;

- X's elevator doesn't go to the top floor;

- X has a screw loose;

- X has bats in his belfry;

- [in limited contexts](there's) nobody home upstairs.

     ♦ Циолковский пошел вниз по оврагу, опять полудумая-полубормоча: "...Один разум без воли - это ничто, и одна воля без разума тоже ничто..." Главарь оправил косоворотку, оглядел дружков... Один из оборванцев приложил палец к виску, покрутил - мол, не все дома у Птицы [Циолковского] (Евтушенко 2). ...Tsiolkovsky went down the ravine, again lost in thought and muttering..., "Intelligence without will is nothing, and so is will without intelligence " The leader adjusted his shirt and looked over at his pals.. One of them put his finger to his temple and twirled it-that Bird wasn't playing with a full deck (2a).

     ♦ "Послушайте, вы, - сказал Ревкин, - вам надо срочно обратиться к врачу, вы больны, у вас не все дома" (Войнович 4). "Listen, you," said Revkin, "you should see a doctor immediately, you're a sick man, you're not all there" (4a).

     ♦ Старый шлиссельбуржец - говорят, что над его кроватью висели кандалы, - он отличался крутым нравом. Проще говоря, у него не все были дома: в Ленинграде, заведуя там Госиздатом, он безумствовал, как хотел (Мандельштам 2). A former veteran of Schlusselbergit is said that he still kept his manacles hanging over his bed - he was noted for his vile temper. He was, in fact, not quite right in the head. As head of the State Publishing House in Leningrad, he had behaved outrageously... (2a).