英语词汇bats in his belfry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bats in his belfry; batty. Blind bats flapping about in the vast emptiness of someone’s head, which suggested a church bell- tower or belfry to somebody, form the basis of this expression meaning a little crazy in the head, poco loco in the coco. Ap- parently no one told anybody You’ve got bats in your belfry until early in this century, for the first recorded use of the words is 1907. Bats, meaning crazy or nuts, seems to derive from the phrase, as does batty, meaning the same. The expression holds on mainly because of its alliteration, like the much older bee in his [her] bonnet. But the image of bats flapping their wings and squeaking in the dark is a strong one that does suggest craziness.

词汇	bats in his belfry
词源	bats in his belfry; batty. Blind bats flapping about in the vast emptiness of someone’s head, which suggested a church bell- tower or belfry to somebody, form the basis of this expression meaning a little crazy in the head, poco loco in the coco. Ap- parently no one told anybody You’ve got bats in your belfry until early in this century, for the first recorded use of the words is 1907. Bats, meaning crazy or nuts, seems to derive from the phrase, as does batty, meaning the same. The expression holds on mainly because of its alliteration, like the much older bee in his [her] bonnet. But the image of bats flapping their wings and squeaking in the dark is a strong one that does suggest craziness.
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