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 (cmn)的， 疯狂 (cmn)的

• French: à côté de la plaque

greatly inappropriate

• German: daneben (de)