out of one's skull

out of one's skull
adj
a.
crazy, deranged
b.
intoxicated by drugs or drink
These terms became widespread in the mid-1960s, before which synonymous phrases (with the exception of 'out of one's mind') usually began with 'off'. When the Rolling Stones called their 1965 album Out of Our Heads the phrase was still a lit-tle-known Americanism. The 'box' version has been fashionable in Britain since the mid-1970s.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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