off-the-wall
Adjective
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Adjective
off-the-wall
- (idiomatic) Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
- What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?
- She is a very off-the-wall character.
- (idiomatic) Of a person's behaviour: greatly inappropriate.
- 2012, Reginald Pierce, The Paladin (page 204)
- All of their friends were amazed that they were familiar with a war hero. Some began to understand Chips' moods and drinking. His "off the wall" behaviour at times. And unknowingly they were "forgiving" him.
- 2012, Reginald Pierce, The Paladin (page 204)
- French: à côté de la plaque
- German: schräg, abgedreht, schrill, bizarr
- Italian: Fuori dalle righe
- Russian: чудной
- German: daneben
- Russian: ни в какие ворота
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