Значение

значений: 2
  1. (идиома)Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.

    What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?

    She is a very off-the-wall character.

    schräg, abgedreht, schrill

    чуднойčudnoj, нелепыйnelepyj

  2. (идиома)Of a person's behaviour: greatly inappropriate.

    daneben

    ни в какие воротаni v kakije vorota

Ещё определения
  • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

Переводы

языков: 5
Русский
По значениям 2
wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd:
greatly inappropriate:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd:
greatly inappropriate:

Происхождение

Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces

Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces; but compare also bounce off the walls.

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Формы

more off-the-wall, most off-the-wall
Сравнительная степеньmore off-the-wall Урок
Превосходная степеньmost off-the-wall Урок

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 9
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