up the loop

up the loop
   mad
   The imagery was from railway shunting practices, where a wagon might be misdirected on to the wrong loop, or siding:
    A lot of us believed he was really up the loop for having played at it so long. (F. Richards, 1936 — a soldier was feigning madness to secure his discharge)

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