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单词 off the rails
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off the rails


In an abnormal or malfunctioning condition, as in Her political campaign has been off the rails for months. The phrase occurs commonly with go, as in Once the superintendent resigned, the effort to reform the school system went off the rails. This idiom alludes to the rails on which trains run; if a train goes off the rails, it stops or crashes. [Mid-1800s]

Words nearby off the rails

off the hook, off-the-job, off the mark, off-the-peg, off-the-rack, off the rails, off-the-record, off-the-shelf, off the top of one's head, off the track, off the wagon
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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