right in the head
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Anyone could see that Elliot wasn’t quite right in the head, and he was upfront about that, sharing his diagnosis of social anxiety disorder from the jump.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2019
Oh, and my girlfriend told me I wasn’t right in the head.
From Scientific American • Feb. 19, 2019
Chloë Grace Moretz plays a New York Post writer who isn’t quite right in the head in the new fact-based medical-mystery drama “Brain on Fire.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2018
Mr Lane said: "I'm sorry I'm just not right in the head, if I was I would not have done that."
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2017
This woman wasn’t any more right in the head than the last guy they’d found, and he wouldn’t be surprised if she really did think monsters were living under the beds.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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