[Ads-l] antedating "lose one's marbles"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: 1902

1890 _Enquirer_ (Cincinnati) (March 28) 7 [Newspapers.com]: Lost His
Marbles...The old man is now very childish, and is a fit subject for
the insane asylum.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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