nutty as a fruitcake
adjEtymology
First use appears c. 1911 or 1912. See cite below.
Definitions
Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner
Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.
- ... and assuming that the defendant's Aunt Jane, in Wilkes-Barre, was as nutty as a fruitcake, and his grandfather, in Oskaloosa, had to wear cotton in his ears ...
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