swivel-eyed
adjective informal UK uk/ˈswɪv.əlˌaɪd/ us/ˈswɪv.əlˌaɪd/
疯狂的，极端的（极具侮辱性的说法）
an insulting way to describe someone as crazy or as having very extreme ideas
The press has characterized him as a swivel-eyed fanatic. 媒体把他描述成一个极端狂热分子。
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- He is trying to ward off the opposition's charges that he is a swivel-eyed extremist.
- Puritanism produces swivel-eyed zealots who pursue their manias with little sense of proportion.
- To him they are "swivel-eyed Europhobes, hangers and floggers."
- The opposing camp referred to him as "a swivel-eyed Stalinist".
- He plays a swivel-eyed loon called Basil Fawlty who runs a small hotel.