Mar 4, 2016 08:15
8 yrs ago
German term
United Kingdom
33 years of experience
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, German to English
rattenkistendoll
German to English
Medical
Medical: Health Care
Mental illness
"Er ist ja rattenkistendoll" cited as an example of a health care professional being insensitive when talking about a patient. I am thinking "completely off his rocker" or something similar. I look forward to hearing your ideas. Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
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7 hrs
Melanie Meyer
United States
United States
Native in German
Works in field
United States
Marketing, Health & Fitness, Cosmetics
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
a total nutcase
Alternatives:
- Crazy as a loon / as a bat
- Batsh** crazy (...I'm only adding this one for explanatory purposes; it is probably not suitable for your text) Example: http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-02-26/sena...
- Crazy as a loon / as a bat
- Batsh** crazy (...I'm only adding this one for explanatory purposes; it is probably not suitable for your text) Example: http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-02-26/sena...
Peer comment(s):
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Thomas Pfann
: Agree. (And I also like the asker's own he's completely off his rocker.)
17 hrs
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Danke, Thomas! :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
49 mins
crack-brained
option offered by the Thesaurus
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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118
tactless/unsympathetic jerk/scumbag/dickhead
unsympathetic
but honestly have no idea what it really means...
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-03-04 09:24:34 GMT)
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loony-bin-ripe
but honestly have no idea what it really means...
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loony-bin-ripe
3 hrs
bedlamite
I assume your context is this:
https://books.google.de/books?id=abyP7KEKDnkC&pg=PA58&dq=rat...
"Bedlamite" is an archaic, seldomly used term for "lunatic" which fits into a mental hospital environment (it's derived from Bedlam, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane)
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Other options:
He's crazy as a fox.
He's coo coo for cocoa puffs.
He's mad as a box of frogs.
https://books.google.de/books?id=abyP7KEKDnkC&pg=PA58&dq=rat...
"Bedlamite" is an archaic, seldomly used term for "lunatic" which fits into a mental hospital environment (it's derived from Bedlam, Hospital of Saint Mary of Bethlehem, a former London institution for the insane)
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Other options:
He's crazy as a fox.
He's coo coo for cocoa puffs.
He's mad as a box of frogs.
Example sentence:
He's a bedlamite.
1 day 3 hrs
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
he's completely bonkers/as mad as a hatter/has bats in the belfry/is totally round the twistp
A few more to choose from
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2016-03-05 11:46:49 GMT)
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Sorry: twist!
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2016-03-05 11:46:49 GMT)
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Sorry: twist!
Discussion
Out of curiosity, is this a psychiatrist or psychologist talking of his patient?