O
Idioms beginning with "O"
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[off-key] {adj.}, {informal}
1. Not proper; queer.
When George told jokes at the funeral, everyone thought his action was off-key.
2. In a false key.
John always sings off-key.
Compare: [OUT OF LINE].
[off-the-cuff] {adj.}, {informal}
Not prepared ahead of time. — Used of a speech or remarks.
Jack was made master of ceremonies because he was a good off-the-cuff speaker.
[offbeat] {adj.}, {informal}
Nonconventional; different from the usual; odd.
Linguistics used to be an offbeat field, but nowadays every self-respecting university has a linguistics department.
[offhand] {adj.}
1. Informal; casual; careless.
Dick found Bob's offhand manner inappropriate for business.
2. In an improvised fashion.
Offhand, I would guess that at least five thousand people attended the festival.
[offshoot] {n.}
A derivative; a side product.
The discovery of nuclear reactors was ah offshoot of research in quantum physics.
[old]
See:
[CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK],
[COMFORTABLE AS AN OLD SHOE],
[COMMON AS AN OLD SHOE],
[OF OLD].