off the charts

off the charts

1. Quite a lot more or better than is usual or was expected. Our electricity bill was off the charts last month! How could we be using that much energy?
2. Especially or unbelievably great, wonderful, exciting, etc. I'm telling you, that concert is going to be off the charts!
See also: chart, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

off the ˈcharts

(about a score, number, price, etc.) far higher or better than normal: Gas prices are off the charts, making this an expensive winter for home heating. The response has been off the charts. Everybody loved it.
See also: chart, off
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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  • fall short
  • fall short of
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  • a magician never reveals his secrets
  • be up to the mark
  • rocket up
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In Off the Charts, she peers into the formative years of 15 individuals, combining lively biographical sketches with serious analysis of the factors that contributed to their ascendancy in the public eye.
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