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Personality - Senseless or Awkward

Explore English idioms that relate to being senseless of awkward with examples like "have two left feet" and "the odd one out".

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English idioms related to Personality
to [need] (to have|) {one's} head examined

to act or behave in a very crazy and uncontrollable manner

Ex: He needs his head examined if he thinks he can drive across the desert without water. 
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out to lunch
out to lunch
[phrase]

completely unaware of what is happening in one's surroundings

Ex: I asked him the same question twice, but he was totally out to lunch. 
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space cadet

a person who is perceived as being absent-minded or out of touch with reality

Ex: He's such a space cadet, he forgot his own birthday. 
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to [have] two left feet

to move clumsily and awkwardly, particularly when one dances

Ex: I have two left feet, so I avoid the dance floor. 
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to [be] all thumbs

to act in a very clumsy or awkward manner

Ex: I'm all thumbs when I try to wrap gifts. 
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to [have] a screw (loose|missing)

to behave in a crazy and uncontrollable manner

Ex: He must have a screw loose if he thinks driving that fast is funny. 
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a square peg (in a round hole|)

a person or thing that does not fit the current situation or position they are in

Ex: He felt like a square peg in a round hole at the corporate law firm. 
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the odd one out

someone or something that is different from other people or things of its kind

Ex: I was the odd one out because everyone else had studied abroad. 
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(as|) queer as Dick's hatband

used to describe someone or something that is extremely bizarre and abnormal

Ex: His explanation was queer as Dick's hatband, but somehow everyone accepted it. 
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to [live|be] on another (planet|world)

to behave or think in a way that is completely detached from reality or out of touch with norms of the society

Ex: If he thinks rent is cheap these days, he must be living on another planet. 
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