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To be a little crazy, off-kilter, or disconnected from reality. In Mexico, chiflis describes someone whose ideas or behavior are just a bit too strange to be fully grounded. Not dangerously unhinged, just reliably out of touch.
“That guy is a little off his rocker, don't pay attention to him.”
“He has been acting weird ever since he had that fight with his girlfriend.”
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To be a little crazy, off-kilter, or disconnected from reality. In Mexico, chiflis describes someone whose ideas or behavior are just a bit too strange to be fully grounded. Not dangerously unhinged, just reliably out of touch.
“That guy is a little off his rocker, don't pay attention to him.”
“He has been acting weird ever since he had that fight with his girlfriend.”
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To rein someone in, put firm limits on behavior that is getting out of hand, or pull yourself together before things spiral. In Mexico and Colombia, the horseback metaphor applies equally to checking someone else and to self-control in a situation going off the rails.