touched in the head
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Nobody knows what to make of the instant infant except for Dorothy, who goes along with this miraculous white nonsense because she's touched in the head.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021
At times “Fashion Climbing” can seem like the most guileless thing ever written and its author slightly touched in the head, in a kind and upbeat Forrest Gump sort of way.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2018
It never fails that if I’m in a strange city that I’ll go into a bookstore and buy something, because I’m touched in the head or something.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Katelyn Epperly: Katelyn had a makeover and ended up with wild blonde hair and maybe just a tad touched in the head.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2010
Some folks say Mrs. Brown’s touched in the head, but ’cept for scaring me in the woods at night she treats me real kind.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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