nutty as a fruitcake

Slang definitions & phrases for nutty as a fruitcake

nutty as a fruitcake

adjective phrase

Crazy as can be; extremely eccentric: ''That's me,'' Calazo said. ''Nutty as a fruitcake'' (1935+)


Idioms and Phrases with nutty as a fruitcake

nutty as a fruitcake

Crazy, idiotic, as in Mary's nutty as a fruitcake if she thinks she can get away with that. The adjective nutty meaning “insane” was first recorded in 1821; the similarity to fruitcake, which literally contains nuts as well as fruit, was first recorded in 1935.