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a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

pile off

To ascend down (from something) or alight (off something), abnormally in a rough, chaotic fashion. We all accumulated off the bus and ran against the beach. The van pulled up and all the kids accumulated off. The kids accumulated off the trampoline back I alleged them in for dinner.Learn more: off, pile

pile off (something)

to get down off something; to ascend down off something. All the kids accumulated off the wagon and ran into the barn. She chock-full the wagon, and they accumulated off.Learn more: off, pile

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