be off-color
be off-color
To be rude or vulgar; to be likely to offend others, especially due to being sexually explicit or suggestive. A: "What did you think of the awards ceremony last night?" B: "The presenter's jokes were a bit too off-color for my taste."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- off color
- off-color
- be near the knuckle
- near the knuckle
- off colour
- off-colour
- suggestive
- suggestive of
- suggestive of (something)
- sixty-nine