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1 off and on / on and off
(sometimes; occasionally: I see him off and on at the club.) af og til -
2 off duty
not actually working and not liable to be asked to do so: The doctor's off duty this weekend; (also adjective) (She spends her off-duty hours at home.) frítími, ekki við vinnu -
3 off guard
(unprepared: He hit me while I was off guard; to catch someone off guard.) óviðbúinn -
4 off balance
(not steady: He hit me while I was off balance.) í ójafnvægi -
5 off one's hands
(no longer needing to be looked after etc: You'll be glad to get the children off your hands for a couple of weeks.) vera laus við/undan -
6 off one's head
(mad: You must be off your head to work for nothing.) brjálaður -
7 off one's own bat
(completely by oneself (without help): He wrote the letter to the newspaper off his own bat.) upp á eigin spÿtur -
8 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) losa úr klípu -
9 off the record
((of information, statements etc) not intended to be repeated or made public: The Prime Minister admitted off the record that the country was going through a serious crisis.) í trúnaði -
10 off-chance
noun (a slight chance: We waited, on the off-chance (that) he might come.) ef svo ólíklega vildi til -
11 off-colour
adjective (not feeling well: He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.) fölur -
12 off-white
adjective (not quite white, eg slightly yellow etc: an off-white dress.) beinhvítur -
13 off
(to register or record time of arriving at or leaving work.) stimpla sig inn/út -
14 off one's rocker
(mad; crazy.) klikkaður -
15 off the beaten track
(away from main roads, centres of population etc.) ótroðnar slóðir -
16 drop off
1) (to become separated or fall off: The door-handle dropped off; This button dropped off your coat.) detta af2) (to fall asleep: I was so tired I dropped off in front of the television.) sofna3) (to allow to get off a vehicle: Drop me off at the corner.) hleypa úr/út -
17 go off
1) ((of a bomb etc) to explode: The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.) springa2) ((of an alarm) to ring: When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.) hringja, fara af stað3) (to leave: He went off yesterday.) fara, hverfa4) (to begin to dislike: I've gone off cigarettes.) verða leiður á, missa áhuga á5) (to become rotten: That meat has gone off.) skemmast/úldna6) (to stop working: The fan has gone off.) bila, hætta að virka -
18 put off
1) (to switch off (a light etc): Please put the light off!) slökkva á2) (to delay; to postpone: He put off leaving / his departure till Thursday.) fresta3) (to cancel an arranged meeting etc with (a person): I had to put the Browns off because I had 'flu.) fresta fundi með e-m4) (to cause (a person) to feel disgust or dislike (for): The cheese looked nice but the smell put me off; The conversation about illness put me off my dinner.) fá til að missa lyst/fá ógeð á -
19 take off
1) (to remove (clothes etc): He took off his coat.) fara úr2) ((of an aircraft) to leave the ground: The plane took off for Rome (noun take-off).) hefja sig til flugs3) (not to work during (a period of time): I'm taking tomorrow morning off.) taka frí4) (to imitate someone (often unkindly): He used to take off his teacher to make his friends laugh (noun take-off).) herma eftir, skopstæla -
20 get off
1) (to take off or remove (clothes, marks etc): I can't get my boots off; I'll never get these stains off (my dress).) fara úr; ná úr2) (to change (the subject which one is talking, writing etc about): We've rather got off the subject.) fara út fyrir (umræðuefni)
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