go batty

That’s not to say a phone, laptop or a smartwatch will suddenly go batty after two years; the process is usually much more subtle than that.

“Keeping in solitude, you can kind of go batty,” Mr. Riddick said.

Artists, musicians and thrill-seeking journalists are checking into anechoic chambers, or soundproof rooms, where it’s so quiet that you go batty from hearing yourself breathe.

I once asked Howard Hawks if he was bothered about not having final cut and he said: 'Well, the guy put up the money – what if I go batty?'

“You’ll go batty if you keep on!”