à côté de la plaque

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a ko.te d(ə) la plak/

Prepositional phrase

à côté de la plaque

  1. (informal) off the mark, wide of the mark, off-beam, off-the-wall
    Être à côté de la plaque. ― To be off the mark. (literally, “To be next to the target.”)

Usage notes

As an adjective, chiefly used predicatively.

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.