Question

in_the_loop_542 absent-minded, unaware or confused (sentence 1); ignorant on some topic (sentence 2); harmlessly crazy or out of touch with reality (sentence 3) Antonym: on the ballCompare to: know if (one) is coming or going (sentence 1); know beans about (something); all wet, for the birds (sentence 2); bats in (one’s) belfry; off (one’s) rocker; screw loose, have a (sentence 3)

Accepted Answer

OUT TO LUNCH I can’t believe I was so absent-minded that I erased my entire hard drive! I’m really out to lunch.You don’t know what you’re talking about! You’re out to lunch.That old soldier is a little out to lunch. He wanders around here telling everyone old war stories as though the war was just yesterday.

Id	in_the_loop_542
Idiom	OUT TO LUNCH
Definition	absent-minded, unaware or confused (sentence 1); ignorant on some topic (sentence 2); harmlessly crazy or out of touch with reality (sentence 3)
Examples	I can’t believe I was so absent-minded that I erased my entire hard drive! I’m really out to lunch. You don’t know what you’re talking about! You’re out to lunch. That old soldier is a little out to lunch. He wanders around here telling everyone old war stories as though the war was just yesterday.
Cross-Refs	Antonym: on the ball Compare to: know if (one) is coming or going (sentence 1); know beans about (something); all wet, for the birds (sentence 2); bats in (one’s) belfry; off (one’s) rocker; screw loose, have a (sentence 3)

Sentence Lunch I You’re War One’s Loop Absent Minded