Emotions & feelings
go stir-crazy
become restless from staying in one place too long
To become restless, bored, or unhappy because you have been indoors or in one place for too long.
Hear it in real life
How was your recovery?
Fine, but I went stir-crazy without being able to go outside.
I started to go stir-crazy after working from home for two weeks.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I went crazy stir after staying home.
Say: I went stir-crazy after staying home.
The phrase is “go stir-crazy,” with “stir” before “crazy.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go stir-crazy; be stir-crazy; went stir-crazy
Your turn: say it out loud
I started to go stir-crazy after working from home for two weeks.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go stir-crazy
become restless from staying in one place too long
“I started to go stir-crazy after working from home for two weeks.”
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