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)

(idiomatic) Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd.
What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?

She is a very off-the-wall character.
(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)

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