off the cuff
aus dem Stegreif, ohne nachzudenken, aus dem Stand, aus dem Handgelenk
In an off-the-cuff mannerIn an off-the-cuff manner.
» Tom answered the question off the cuff.
Meaning
1 sensesIn an off-the-cuff manner.
aus dem Stegreif, ohne nachzudenken, aus dem Stand
Examples
8 sentencesTom answered the question off the cuff.
Mona answered their questions off the cuff.
deMona beantwortete ihre Fragen aus dem Handgelenk.
I'm not good at speaking off the cuff.
ruУ меня плохо получается говорить экспромтом.
He made a splendid off-the-cuff speech.
Did you make your speech off-the-cuff?
ruТы произнёс речь без подготовки?
deHast du die Rede aus dem Stegreif gehalten?
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
in an off-the-cuff manner:
Origin
Purported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuffPurported to be from the habit by after-dinner speakers of jotting a few notes on the cuff of the sleeve.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedoff-the-cuff