mental case
Example Sentences
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The sorry business with Jimmy and Chuck: the latter has no case because Jimmy could always say that he was humoring Chuck, who was certifiably a mental case at the time.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
The DC-8 was the fourth U.S. plane skyjacked since May, and in this case the skywayman was plainly a mental case.
From Time Magazine Archive
But no doubt a peculiar loneliness descends upon the autocrat condemned to live out his days in one of the upstairs rooms, like a mental case in the family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has described him as "a mental case" and "a lunatic."
From Time Magazine Archive
All right, Nicky; I'll try to look at myself as a mental case....
From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay
