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See: HAVE ALL ONE'S BUTTONS or HAVE ALL ONE'S MARBLES.

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have all one's buttons

[have all one's buttons] or [have all one's marbles] {v. phr.}, {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. - Usually used in the negative or conditionally. * /Mike acts […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

J. De La Bruyere

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. www.english-slang.com

bonce

[bonce] {n.} Head, crown of the head. Also a large playing marble. British slang (Wikipedia)

lose one's marbles

[lose one's marbles] {v. phr.} To go mad; become crazed. * /Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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