IdiomNature
Catalan
CatalanPixar fora de test
Meaning: To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
Literally: To pee outside the flowerpot
Example: “Si creus que el problema és el wifi, pixes fora de test.” — If you think the problem is the wifi, you're wide of the mark.
English equivalent: Wide of the mark
Origin: Peeing outside the flowerpot is missing the target: saying something off the point or plainly wrong. The phrase is colloquial Catalan and has no particular story behind it.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Être à côté de la plaque Literally: To be next to the plate
English: wide of the mark
More Catalan idioms
- N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
- Déu n'hi do Wow — that's quite something.
- Fer cara de pomes agres To look sullen and cross.
- Anar a pams To proceed carefully, step by step.
- Tocar el dos To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
- Fer figa To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
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