单词 | off the beaten track |
释义 | off the beaten trackSEE SYNONYMS FOR off the beaten track ON THESAURUS.COM An unusual route or destination, as in We found a great vacation spot, off the beaten track. This term alludes to a well-worn path trodden down by many feet and was first recorded in 1860, although the phrase beaten track was recorded in 1638 in reference to the usual, unoriginal way of doing something. Words nearby off the beaten trackoff-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, off-the-face 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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