Mal:Ukens ord 9, 2010

engelsk: basket case (flertall: basket cases)

1. Person som har mistet både armer og bein.

   The campaign was a disaster! Half our our men died, and those who survived came home as basket cases!

2. (idiomatisk) Maktesløs person, person som er så nervøs at han er ute av stand til å gjøre noe fornuftig.

   Peter was a basket case at the oral examination, he was so nervous that he couldn't answer a single question!