Off the chart

Posted by ESC on August 15, 2005

In Reply to: Off the chart posted by ESC on August 15, 2005

: : when someone described a thing as "off the chart". What does he try to express?

: : thanks!!

: My opinion is that something is "off the chart" when it is so good (or bad) that it exceeds previous measurements, etc., recorded on a chart.

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MEANING:
If something goes off the chart, it far exceeds the normal standards, good or bad, for something.

From Urban Dictionary online:
Off the Chart
Older term... Same definition as Off the Chain.
This party is off the chart.
That girl/guy is off the chart

• Off the chart Brian from Shawnee 16/August/05