être à l'ouest

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ.tʁ‿a l‿wɛst/

Verb

être à l'ouest

  1. (informal) to be out to lunch, out of it, not with it, spaced out
    Être à l'ouest. ― To be out of it. (literally, “To be in the west.”)
    Synonym: être à côté de ses pompes

Usage notes

à l'ouest is almost exclusively used predicatively.

See also
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