Английский словарь американских идиом - nobody home

{slang} 1. Your attention is somewhere else, not on what is being said or done here; you are absent-minded. * /The teacher asked him a question three times but he still looked out the window. She gave up, saying, "Nobody home."/ 2. You are feeble-minded or insane. * /He pointed to the woman, tapped his head, and said, "Nobody home."/ NOBODY See: IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD.