• НЕ ВСЕ ДОМА у кого highly coll, derog
[Invar; VPsubj быть, usu. pres; fixed WO]
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⇒ s.o. is eccentric, has quirks, acts strangely, as if he is not quite normal:
- у X-a не все дома{{}}≈ X isn't playing with a full deck;
- X doesn't have both oars in the water;
- X isn't all there;
- X isn't quite right in the head;
- X's elevator doesn't go to the top floor;
- X has a screw loose;
- X has bats in his belfry;
- [in limited contexts](there's) nobody home upstairs.
♦ Циолковский пошел вниз по оврагу, опять полудумая-полубормоча: "...Один разум без воли - это ничто, и одна воля без разума тоже ничто..." Главарь оправил косоворотку, оглядел дружков... Один из оборванцев приложил палец к виску, покрутил - мол, не все дома у Птицы [Циолковского] (Евтушенко 2). ...Tsiolkovsky went down the ravine, again lost in thought and muttering..., "Intelligence without will is nothing, and so is will without intelligence " The leader adjusted his shirt and looked over at his pals.. One of them put his finger to his temple and twirled it-that Bird wasn't playing with a full deck (2a).
♦ "Послушайте, вы, - сказал Ревкин, - вам надо срочно обратиться к врачу, вы больны, у вас не все дома" (Войнович 4). "Listen, you," said Revkin, "you should see a doctor immediately, you're a sick man, you're not all there" (4a).
♦ Старый шлиссельбуржец - говорят, что над его кроватью висели кандалы, - он отличался крутым нравом. Проще говоря, у него не все были дома: в Ленинграде, заведуя там Госиздатом, он безумствовал, как хотел (Мандельштам 2). A former veteran of Schlusselbergit is said that he still kept his manacles hanging over his bed - he was noted for his vile temper. He was, in fact, not quite right in the head. As head of the State Publishing House in Leningrad, he had behaved outrageously... (2a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.