off the wall
/ˌɒf ðə ˈwɔːl
/North American informal
1Eccentric or unconventional: a zany, wacky, off-the-wall weirdo...
- It was something a little more off the wall, a bit of self-reference or a weird thought.
- They are off the wall, unsettling, and very strange.
- Christopher Walken does eccentricity well, but just being off the wall isn't necessarily funny.
Synonyms
eccentric, zany, far out, freakish, quirky, idiosyncratic, unconventional, unorthodox, weird, outlandish, offbeat, off-centre, bizarre, strange, unfamiliar;
French outré
informal way-out, wacky, freaky, kooky, screwy, kinky, oddball, cranky
North American informal in left field
2Angry: the president was off the wall about the article...
- ‘It was driving me off the wall, blocking e-mails and not letting me get to ordinary websites,’ he says.
See parent entry: wall