insane in the membrane
- idiom
- Slang
- She laughed and said she was feeling insane in the membrane at the party.
But the shine is insane in the membrane.
- But the shine is insane in the membrane.
Examples
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After studying for twelve hours straight, I felt absolutely insane in the membrane.
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He started acting insane in the membrane after drinking too much energy drink.
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He's feeling insane in the membrane after that wild party!
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Why do you think she's acting so insane in the membrane today?
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After all that stress, I feel completely insane in the membrane today.
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He always comes up with insane in the membrane ideas that make everyone laugh.
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When she danced like nobody was watching, it was just her being insane in the membrane.
Synonyms
Mentally ill and unable to think or behave in a normal way
Not in touch with reality and may see or hear things that are not there
Being a little crazy in a funny or strange way
A person who is not thinking or acting in a normal and safe way
Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy
Acting or speaking in a wild, not sensible way
Slightly strange in the way a person thinks or behaves
Acting in a wild and uncontrolled way
Very strange and silly in a way that seems crazy
Very frightened or upset and not thinking clearly
Acting or feeling very strange
Someone who acts a little crazy
Acting in a very strange and not sensible way
To act confused and react too strongly in a surprising way
Antonyms
How Crazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although `insane` signals craziness, the phrase `in the membrane` is a playful, rhyming slang fragment (popularized in song) whose literal components do not yield the idiomatic meaning of being mentally wild or exaggeratedly irrational. The construction is cultural/colloquial and unpredictable from the literal senses of its words, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The idiom insane in the membrane was made famous by a 1990s song and paints a funny picture of being insane, or crazy, 'inside' the membrane, the thin layer around your brain. That's why it means 'feeling mentally unstable or wild' today.