>>>>But wait a minute! Wasn't that Sherlock Holmes's gig?
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>>>Nope - Sherlock lacked portentiveness brought on by a minor key orchestration.
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>>Oh, so the Mentalist is prescient? Anyways, I'll find out tonight and report back to yez.
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>Yep, he's a mental case... as the title says. In an older lingo from back home, a "mentol" (menthol).
>
>(nope, haven't watched - no TV, remember?)

The word "mentalist" is used over here, quite wrongly I believe, to mean a nut-case.

eg someone picks up some dog-do in his bare hands and throws it at someone, for no reason, the victim shouts, "You're a mentalist, you!".

Annoys me.

I think this is a follow on from the old expression of someone being "mental" if he's crazy. (as in a "mental case")

As for your Serbian expr., means anyone who's crazy smells of mint (menthol)?