Question of the Day #971

Kim Kardashian's kids go stir crazy in self-isolation amid coronavirus outbreak

From the headline of this article the Mirror.

  上記の文で、go stir crazyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "go stir crazy" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉同じ所に閉じ込められて気が変になる

下記英語の定義になるように、この場合のstirは監獄のことです。
 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To become acutely anxious, restless, irritable, irrational, and/or depressed from remaining for too long in an unstimulating, confined, and/or isolated environment. "Stir" in this usage is a slang word for prison.

 

Examples

• I’m going to go stir-crazy if I don’t get out of this house.
• They spent the next three days sleeping and slowly going stir-crazy.
• I've been laid up for two weeks with this broken leg and I'm beginning to go stir-crazy.
• We thought taking our family vacation in a tiny cottage out in the country would be a nice break from city life, but we all went a bit stir-crazy after a few days.
• The doctor said I need to remain in bed as much as possible, but I'll go stir-crazy if I can't get out of the house at least once a day!

   

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