What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?
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Off-the-wall
Synonyms for "off-the-wall" (9 found)
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15 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 疯狂的 adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
- 荒诞的 adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Dutch
1 entries- buitenissig adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
French
1 entries- à côté de la plaque adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
German
4 entries- abgedreht adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
- bizarr adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
- daneben adj (greatly inappropriate)
- schrill adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Italian
1 entries- fuori dalle righe adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Polish
1 entries- od czapy adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Russian
3 entries- нелепый adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
- ни в какие ворота adj (greatly inappropriate)
- чудной adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Swedish
1 entries- uppåt väggarna adj (wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
She is a very off-the-wall character.
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What makes it surprising, though, are the glimmers of wit and self-awareness beneath all the rap star swagger and over-the-top confrontations. Even the fervid finale had a few off-the-wall side jokes.
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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.
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