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Mr02077 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

OFF? the top of head

Why the phrase:
"off the top of my head"
starts with "OFF",
should not it be "OF" ?

Thank you!
  

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Hi It's idiomatic, so the preposition just is as it is: - Possibly we could start a weekend delivery service, but that's just off the top of my head Dave

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Hi

It's idiomatic, so the preposition just is as it is:

- Possibly we could start a weekend delivery service, but that's just off the top of my head

Dave
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mr02077"off the top of my head"
It's idiomatic. It's an adverbial phrase.
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