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Значение идиомы bats in one’s belfry
[bats in one’s belfry] or [bats in the belfry] {n. phr.}, {slang} Wild ideas in his mind; disordered senses; great mental confusion.
When he talked about going to the moon he was thought to have bats in his belfry.
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