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 HOME
Meaning of NOBODY HOME in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012