| 单词 | off the beam |
| 释义 | off the beamOff course, on the wrong track, as in He's way off the beam with that argument. This colloquial term and its antonym, on the beam, meaning “on the right track,” allude to directing aircraft by means of radio beams. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Words nearby off the beamoffstage, off-street, off stump, offtake, off the air, off the beam, off the beaten track, off-the-board, off-the-books, off-the-cuff, off the deep end The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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