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{{also|off the wall}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|off the wall}}

===Etymology===
Perhaps from baseball or other games played with a ball, alluding to unpredictable bounces; but compare also {{m|en|bounce off the walls}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-off-the-wall.ogg|a=AU}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} Wildly [[unconventional]]; [[bizarre]]; [[absurd]].
#: {{ux|en|What kind of a harebrained, '''off-the-wall''' idea is that?}}
#: {{ux|en|She is a very '''off-the-wall''' character.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/tv-review-empire-ends-its-perfect-first-season-with-a-fervid-finale/|title='Empire' Finale Review: A Sizzling End to Season One|work=New York Times|date=2015-03-19|author=Alessandra Stanley|passage=What makes it surprising, though, are the glimmers of wit and self-awareness beneath all the rap star swagger and over-the-top confrontations. Even the fervid finale had a few '''off-the-wall''' side jokes.}}
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} Of a person's behaviour: greatly [[inappropriate]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Reginald Pierce|title=The Paladin|page=204
|passage=All of their friends were amazed that they were familiar with a war hero. Some began to understand Chips' moods and drinking. His "'''off the wall'''" behaviour at times. And unknowingly they were "forgiving" him.}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|en
|bounce off the walls
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|荒诞}}的， {{t+|cmn|疯狂}}的
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|buitenissig}}
* French: {{t+|fr|à côté de la plaque}}
* German: {{t+|de|schräg}}, {{t+|de|abgedreht}}, {{t+|de|schrill}}, {{t+|de|bizarr}}
* Italian: {{t|it|fuori dalle righe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|od czapy}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|чудной|m}}, {{t+|ru|нелепый|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|uppåt väggarna}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|greatly inappropriate}}
* German: {{t+|de|daneben}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|ни в какие ворота}}
{{trans-bottom}}

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