go stir-crazy

go stir-crazy
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If I stay around this house much longer I'm gonna go stir-crazy — Если я еще пробуду в этом доме какое-то время, то сойду с ума в этих четырех стенах

I go sort of stir-crazy in the winter — Зимой на меня все как-то давит


Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . . 2003.

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  • Stir Crazy (restaurant) — Stir Crazy is a restaurant chain serving Asian style stir fry food and other Asian dishes. Stir Crazy features a Market Bar or build your own stir fry menu, where the customer creates a custom stir fry dish from about 30 different vegetables,… …   Wikipedia

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  • stir-crazy — stir craziness, n. /sterr kray zee/, adj. Slang. 1. Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir crazy after just two months of keeping house. 2. mentally ill because of long imprisonment. [1935 40; STIR2 +… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stir Crazy (TV series) — Stir Crazy was a situation comedy aired in the United States on CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup. Stir Crazy was based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. It told the story of two bumbling friends, Harry Fletcher (Larry Riley) and Skip… …   Wikipedia

  • stir-crazy — stir craziness, n. /sterr kray zee/, adj. Slang. 1. Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir crazy after just two months of keeping house. 2. mentally ill because of long imprisonment. [1935 40; STIR2 +… …   Universalium

  • stir-crazy — adj informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: STIR23] extremely nervous and upset, especially because you feel trapped in a place ▪ I m going to go stir crazy if I don t get out of this house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stir-crazy — 1908, from stir prison (1851), probably from Start Newgate (1757), prison in London, later any prison (1823), probably from Romany stardo imprisoned, related to staripen a prison. Mid 19c. sturaban, sturbin state prison seem to be transitional… …   Etymology dictionary

  • stir-crazy — adjective INFORMAL needing fresh air or a new situation …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stir-crazy — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ psychologically disturbed as a result of being confined or imprisoned …   English terms dictionary

  • stir-crazy — ☆ stir crazy [stʉr′krā΄zē ] adj. [< STIR2] Slang anxious, tense, etc. from long, close confinement, as in prison …   English World dictionary

  • Stir crazy (condition) — This articles describes the psychological condition. For other meanings see Stir crazy (disambiguation). Stir crazy is a phrase that dates to 1908 according to the Oxford English Dictionary [ Stir, n .3 Oxford English Dictionary online, accessed… …   Wikipedia


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