06-01-2010, 10:29 AM
<!--quoteo(post=99316:date=Jun 1 2010, 09:18 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 1 2010, 09:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I didn't really want to look it up, but I did anyway. <b>How is a paralyzed and/or exasperated person not any of the following? </b>Why can't he be all of the above?
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/out+to+lunch
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->2. and out of it Fig. not alert; giddy; uninformed. Bill is really out of it. Why can't he pay attention? Don't be out of it, John. Wake up! Ann is really out to lunch these days.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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A paralyzed/exasperated person <i>can </i>be those things, but I don't think that definition has anything to do with those adjectives directly.
BTW, now we actually ARE arguing about the expression out of context.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/out+to+lunch
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->2. and out of it Fig. not alert; giddy; uninformed. Bill is really out of it. Why can't he pay attention? Don't be out of it, John. Wake up! Ann is really out to lunch these days.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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A paralyzed/exasperated person <i>can </i>be those things, but I don't think that definition has anything to do with those adjectives directly.
BTW, now we actually ARE arguing about the expression out of context.