English
Alternative spellings
off the wall
Etymology
Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces.
Adjective
en-adj|pos=off-the-wall
- context|idiom Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
#:What kind of a harebrained off-the-wall idea is that?
#:She is a very off-the-wall character.
- context|idiom Greatly inappropriate.
#:His behaviour today is off-the-wall.
Translations
trans-top|wildly unconventional
trans-mid
trans-bottom
trans-top|greatly inappropriate
German: daneben
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Category:English adjectives
fr:off-the-wall
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