haywire

1. Roughly-made, unsophisticated, decrepit (from the use of haywire for temporary repairs).

2. Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process.

   It was working fine until it went haywire and wouldn't stop printing blank sheets.

   Those kids go haywire when they don't get what they want.

   drunter und drüber, durcheinander

   ненорма́льныйnenormálʹnyj, беспоря́дочныйbesporjádočnyj

1. The team went haywire after winning the world cup.

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2. The drunkard had too much to drink; he has gone haywire.

   deDer Trinker hatte zu viel getrunken und spielte verrückt.

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3. It is essential to keep calm in a time of crisis and avoid going haywire.

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4. Tom went haywire.

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5. The hackers hacked into Tom's car and made it go haywire.

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