Out of his mind, out of his head, go spare
Which of the three above should I use in the following sentence?
Your prime minister is.....
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"Your prime minister is out of his mind" -- literally he is insane, but would most often mean that he is wildly incorrect, acting stupidly, or something like that. "Your prime minister is out of his head" -- not a standard expression (as far as I know); seems like a mix-up between "out of his mind", as above, and "off his head", meaning highly intoxicated (due to alcohol or drugs). "Your prime minister is go spare" is ungrammatical.
- "Your prime minister is out of his mind" -- literally he is insane, but would most often mean that he is wildly incorrect, acting stupidly, or something like that.
- "Your prime minister is out of his head" -- not a standard expression (as far as I know); seems like a mix-up between "out of his mind", as above, and "off his head", meaning highly intoxicated (due to alcohol or drugs).
- "Your prime minister is go spare" is ungrammatical.
- "Your prime minister is going spare" means that he is frantically angry or upset.
- All the above expressions are informal.
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"Your prime minister is out of his mind" -- literally he is insane, but would most often mean that he is wildly incorrect, acting stupidly, or something like that.
"Your prime minister is out of his head" -- not a standard expression (as far as I know); seems like a mix-up between "out of his mind", as above, and "off his head", meaning highly intoxicated (due to alcohol or drugs).
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