go off the deep end
Example Sentences
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“Moving to Scottsdale in 2008 I think saved my life,” he said, “And ... I’m 38, I’ve still never had a sip of alcohol, I’ve never done drugs, I’ve never, done anything — so I don’t mean in that sense of like ‘Oh, I’m gonna go off the deep end like so many child actors do.”
From Los Angeles Times
“People have problems, but you don’t expect them to go off the deep end like that,” Letarte said.
From Washington Times
Her untimely death prompts a heartbroken Padraic to go off the deep end.
From Washington Post
“It’s no f---ing wonder people go off the deep end. It’s no f---ing wonder people shave their head and get tattoos on their face or pee in buckets,” she said.
From Washington Post
“What it’s taught me is that you don’t go into a parking lot, ever, at night. You don’t go to the bathroom in a movie theater. And anybody could go off the deep end.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
