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词汇 off-the-wall
释义
Idiom
off-the-wall
Theme: UNUSUAL
odd; silly; unusual. (Slang.)
Why are you so off-the-wall today?This book is strange. It's really off-the-wall.

Slang
off-the-wall
Theme: STRANGE
mod. strange; improbable; nonsensical.
What an off-the-wall guy!Your ideas are generally off-the-wall, but this one makes sense.
Idiom
off-the-wall
informal be off the wall - to be strange or very different from other people or things.
She's got a really off-the-wall sense of humour.
(always before noun)

off the wall

Strange, wacky, or unusual. Her hypothesis is really off the wall, but the facts seem to support it. The millionaire investor is a little off the wall, and you never know what he's going to say in the board meetings.

off-the-wall

Fig. odd; silly; unusual. Why are you so off-the-wall today? This book is strange. It's really off-the-wall.

off-the-wall

INFORMAL
COMMON If something or someone is off-the-wall, they are unusual and strange. A few of her ideas were off-the-wall. Note: Off-the-wall is used more often before a noun. He played Melanie Griffith's off-the-wall boyfriend in the film `Something Wild'. Their endearing brand of innocent, off-the-wall humour is as fresh and funny today as it was back in the '50s. Note: You can use this expression both when you like this kind of person or thing, and when you do not like them. Note: This may be a reference to a shot in a game such as squash or handball, where the ball bounces off the wall at an unexpected angle.

off-the-wall

mod. strange; improbable; nonsensical. Your ideas are generally off-the-wall, but this one makes sense.
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