à côté de ses pompes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a ko.te d(ə) se pɔ̃p/

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Adjective

à côté de ses pompes (invariable)

1. (informal, figuratively) out to lunch, out of it, not with it

   Synonym: à l'ouest

   Être à côté de ses pompes. ― To be zoned out (unfocused). (literally, “To be next to one's shoes.”)

Usage notes

As an adjective, chiefly used predicatively.

See also

• à côté de la plaque