out to lunch
Meaning: Absent-minded, unaware or confused (sentence 1); ignorant on some topic (sentence 2); harmlessly crazy or out of touch with reality (sentence 3).
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Food & Drink
More idioms — Food & Drink
- pie in the sky — Something that is unrealistic or that cannot be achieved.
- a piece of cake — Something that is easy to do.
- the salt of the earth — A very dependable and unpretentious person.
- salt something away — To save, store, or hoard something (usually something highly valued and in danger of bein…
- sixth sense — A feeling, intuition or premonition not based on one of the five senses: sight, hearing,…
- spill the beans — To reveal a secret.
More English idioms
- square meal — Full and well-balanced meal.
- take the cake — To outdo; to exceed normal behavior; metaphorically, to win the prize.
- upset the apple cart — To disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation.
- albatross around one's neck — Something or someone that is a burden and difficult to get rid of.
- armed to the teeth — Well-equipped with weapons.
- go back to square one — Return to the beginning.
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