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It is an idiomatic expression for "crazy" or of unsound mind.

To have bats in the belfry means to suffer from delusions; to be insane.

A belfry is a clock or bell tower. Belfry in this expression is used to mean the head, as in you have bats flying around in your empty head.

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Bats are, of course, erratically flying mammals and 'belfries' are bell towers, often found at the top of churches. 'Bats in the belfry' refers to someone who acts as though they have bats careering around their topmost body part, their head

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