Over the left.

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01cite10Teo12cite10Mary: Tom is punctual. John: Over the left.12br
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10Is the above dialog acceptable English?12br
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11font00The two sentences together make no sense to me. Sorry.02font00 0-

0Mary is making a complete sentence. Like Philip, I have no idea what John is trying to say.0-

0He is punctual--over the left.02br
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00Does the above sentence make sense?0-

0 No, not at all. What does "over the left" mean? 0-

0Over the left shoulder, or 01a01font00Over the left02font02a00, an old but02br
00 still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as02br
00 an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief;02br
00 as, he said it, and it is tr

0 Sorry, Teo, but if it says it is still current, it's not current here. I've never heard it before in my life. Perhaps a Brit or other English user will come by to tell you whether it's used correctly. As you gleened from me and from Philip, if you said it in the U.S., we'd have absolutely no idea what you mean. 0-

0Dict.die seems to be out in left field with that definition. 05000 I've never heard "over the left" either.010id3

0 01a02a00 The phrase "out in left field" means out of contact with reality or confused. 00 0-

0 Sorry. I have to join this chorus. 01i00Over the left02i00 is total nonsense to me.02br
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00 CJ0-

0I've not heard it in the UK either.02br
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00We'd say 'pull the other one' instead.0-