A person with strange ideas might be described as out in left field.
一个有着奇思怪想的人会被成为out in left field。
单词 | Out in left field |
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Out in left field
原声例句
VOA慢速英语-词汇掌故 A person with strange ideas might be described as out in left field. 一个有着奇思怪想的人会被成为out in left field。 2007 ESLPod Walt thinks that Russ is " out in left field" . Walt 认为 Russ “在左外野”。 2007 ESLPod You may say, " You are out in left field" - you're crazy - you have the wrong idea. 你可能会说,“你在左外野” ——你疯了——你的想法是错误的。 2007 ESLPod When I saw what he had come up with, I thought he was out in left field. 当我看到他想出的东西时,我以为他在左场。 2007 ESLPod He says, " When I saw what he had come up with, I thought he was out in left field" . 他说,“当我看到他的想法时,我以为他在左外野” 。 2006 English Cafe That's to be out in left field, and in baseball there are these three fields, or three parts of the outfield. 那是在左外野, 在棒球中有这三个区域,或外场的三个部分。 2006 English Cafe There's an expression, " to be out in left field" means to be a little crazy, to have ideas that are not normal. 有一种说法, “to be out in left field” 意思是有点疯狂,有不正常的想法。 2007 ESLPod To be out in left field means to be crazy - not rational - not logical, in this case, probably not very useful - not very effective. 处于左场意味着疯狂 - 不理性 - 不合逻辑,在这种情况下,可能不是很有用 - 不是很有效。
英语百科
Out of left field"Out of left field" is American slang meaning "unexpectedly", "odd" or "strange". The phrase came from baseball terminology referring to the area covered by the left fielder who has the farthest throw to first base. According to mlb.com there is another meaning: "The term 'way out in left field' is taken to mean 'crazy.'" Cook County Hospital (by the West Side Grounds, the Chicago Cubs first location under what is now the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) had a mental institution behind left field, (...) The bottom line is, patients could be heard yelling and screaming things at fans behind the left field wall.'" Variations include "out in left field" and simply "left field". |
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