off-the-wall

off-the-wall

See also: off the wall

English

Alternative forms

• off the wall

Etymology

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

Adjective

off-the-wall (comparative more off-the-wall, superlative most off-the-wall)

1. (idiomatic) Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.

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

   She is a very off-the-wall character.

2. (idiomatic) Greatly inappropriate.

   His behaviour today is off-the-wall.

Translations

Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd

Chinese: Mandarin: 荒诞 (zh)的， 疯狂 (zh)的 Dutch: buitenissig (nl) French: à côté de la plaque (fr)

German: schräg (de), abgedreht (de), schrill (de), bizarr (de) Italian: Fuori dalle righe Russian: чудной (ru) m (čudnoj), нелепый (ru) m (nelepyj) Swedish: uppåt väggarna (sv)

greatly inappropriate

German: daneben (de)

Russian: ни в какие ворота (ni v kakije vorota)