Usually means: Harboring irrational thoughts or ideas.
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  1. have bats in one's belfry, have bats in one's belfry: Collins English Dictionary
  2. have bats in one's belfry: Wiktionary
  3. have bats in one's belfry, have bats in ones belfry: Dictionary.com

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  1. Have bats in ones belfry: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (have bats in one's belfry)

verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive) To be crazy or eccentric.


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