| 词组 | off limits |
| 释义 | Idiom off limits and out of bounds Theme: TABOO forbidden.This area is off limits. You can't go in there.Don't go there. It's out of bounds.That kind of behavior is off limits. Stop it! Idiom off limits 1. if an area is off limits, you are not allowed to enter it. When we were kids, our parents' bedroom was definitely off limits. 2. not allowed. Today's magazines tackle the sort of subjects that would once have been considered off limits.What he does make very clear is that questions about his private life are off limits. off limitsRestricted; beyond the limits of what's acceptable or permissible. There was an old, run-down barn behind our house that was always off limits when we were kids—though we snuck into it more times than I can remember! The subject of the divorce is still off limits with Carol. She just doesn't want to discuss it with anyone. off limitsCOMMON 1. If an area is off limits, you are not allowed to go there. The area was kept off limits to foreign journalists until early this year. The ideal is to have one room that's off limits for the kids. 2. If something is off limits, you are not allowed to have it or do it. Of course, smoking was off limits everywhere. Many of the biggest trees in those forests would soon be off limits to the timber industry. |
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