Meaning: crazy or eccentric behavior.
Example: Swerving across three lanes of busy traffic, he must have been
navigating with bats in his belfry.
Origins: 1900s American authors of various genre.
Definition and Origins Source.
Rewrites:
bats
in the tower
squirrels
in the attic
spiders
in the crown
monkeys
in the museum
gremlins
in the observatory
Discussion: This
is about erratic behavior, so a rewrite should be about erratic-acting animals
in tall or stable places.
posted by Booksville Bookclub at 6:59 AM on Apr 18, 2013
2 Comments
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2:05 PM
Yes, that works! Nice one.
Alan
2:13 PM