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Candy Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

off the hook

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00 Do you sometimes use this idiom to mean 'awesome'??? 01b05002b00 01table01tr01td01td02tr02table
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00My understanding of 'off the hook' is;02br
00 out of trouble / released from some difficulty or trouble02br
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00 I was watching a drama the other day, and there one young guy said that young people use 'off the hook' more often than 'awesome.'02br
00 Is this true?02br
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00 Many thanks for your reply in advance.02br
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00Candy010id7
  

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0Hi Candy,02br 02br 00I've certainly never heard it used that way. 0-

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  • 0Hi Candy,02br 02br 00I've certainly never heard it used that way.
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0Hi Candy,02br
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00I've certainly never heard it used that way. Are you 100% sure you heard it correctly?0-
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0 Hi Grammar Geek,02br
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00Thanks for your reply.05002br
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00 Yes, answering to your question, I'm pretty sure I heard it correctly.02br
00 Actually, when the young guy mentioned 'off the hook' to mean 'awesome', the other speaker said to him; "It doesn't make any sense." 02br
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00 Maybe the young one mad
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0 I wonder whether the young guy may have meant 'off the dial'. I have heard this many times.02br
00Dials are often used in instruments to display measurements, so, if something is described as being 'off the dial' it is being considered too great to be measured.02br
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00'Off 01i00the02i00 dial' shouldn't be confused with 'off 01i
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01cite10Mike In Japan12cite10'Off 11i10the12i10 dial' shouldn't be confused with 'off 11i10ones12i10 dial' or 'off 11i10ones12i10 face', meaning greatly affected by recreational consciousness-altering substances.12br
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10Is it possible the young g
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0 I've checked 'off the hook' on some online dictionary websites.02br
00 While I was browsing, I came across an interesting website.02br
00It shows a lot of slang expressions.02br
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00 "Urban Dictionary"....!!02br
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00 According to it, the slang "off the hook" can mean 'cool' or 'happening' ........02
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0See how out of touch with slang I am? I've never heard "off your face" either!0-
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01cite10Candy12cite10 I know 'off one's face'..... but didn't know the other ones.12br
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10 Uh.... let me ask you one question.12br
10 How many times have you ever been completely off your face?12br
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10 MANY! But not lately.02br
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0 I''m getting too old to get really off my face these days but I certainly used to. Although New Year 06 was quite memorable now I think about it. 0-
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0 So is this a BrE expression that means get very drunk? 0-
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0 or very drugged. 0-
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