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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to need (to have) one's head examined

to act or behave in a very crazy and uncontrollable manner

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out to lunch

completely unaware of what is happening in one's surroundings

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space cadet

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

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to have two left feet

to move clumsily and awkwardly, particularly when one dances

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to be all thumbs

to act in a very clumsy or awkward manner

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to have a screw loose

to behave in a crazy and uncontrollable manner

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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

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the odd one out

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

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(as) queer as Dick's hatband

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

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to live on another planet

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

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