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This is number one thousand thirty five and the expression is to be...
out in left field, left field, L-E-F-T-F-I-E-L-D.
And we also say to come out of left field.
Both of these are actually very similar.
To be out in left field or to come out of left field means to be unexpected.
Something unexpected, something very surprising happened.
Something very unusual happened, okay?
So if I'm talking to a guy and suddenly, you know, it's guy to guy, guy talk, right?
And the guy says, suddenly he says, hey Shane, when's your birthday?
What?
Now, if I'm talking to guys really don't care about each other's birthday, when's your
birthday?
Why?
Why?
Are you going to give me a present?
Why are you my girlfriend?
No, that's a question that comes out of left field.
That's a very surprising, very strange, very unusual question, right?
To be out in left field is somebody who is strange, somebody who is unusual, somebody
who is weird.
Oh, that guy is out in left field.
Oh, that guy is weird.
Don't worry about him, he's just weird.
That question came, come out of, came out of left field.
That was a weird question.
So for example, they're interviewing president Joe Biden, president Joe Biden, what is the
situation Afghanistan?
President Joe Biden, what is the situation with global warming?
President Joe Biden, what is the situation with inflation and the economy?
What is the situation with COVID-19?
These are good questions, right?
But suddenly another reporter or newspaper person says, president Biden, what is your favorite
ice cream?
What?
Your favorite ice cream?
My question came out of left field.
So to be out in left field means that person, maybe you, they're just strange, they're
weird, they're not common, they're bizarre.
To come out of left field, especially talks about a question that is very unexpected.
It's an unusual question.
It's a weird question, it's a strange question.
Okay, does that make sense?
So left field, actually this expression comes from baseball and I'm not going to explain
why it comes from baseball.
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But anyway, the expression originally comes from baseball and to be out in left field
and to come out of left field are very similar, slightly different, but they both have left
field in common.
And the basic, the basic major meaning is weird, strange, unusual.
Check out the dialogue.
Honey, I want a divorce.
That came out of left field.
Why?
Do any chores?
Hey, hey, hey, now you're out in left field.
I do lots of chores.
I mean, you never do my chores.
Great, great example.
So the wife suddenly unexpectedly says, I want a divorce.
And the guy says, what?
That came out of left field.
Where did that question come from?
That's a crazy question.
What are you talking about?
That's question is so, that statement is so unexpected.
What?
I want a divorce.
What are you talking about?
And the wife explains, you husband never do any chores, CHORs, CHORs.
And the husband says, what?
Now you are out in left field.
Now you are the crazy person.
That only was your question unexpected and a little bit crazy.
But you are crazy.
You are out in left field.
What are you talking about?
wife?
I do lots of chores.
And the wife explains, I mean, you never do my chores.
This guy married the wrong woman.
Now maybe it's the opposite, right?
Maybe it's the woman and the guy.
The guy says, honey, I want a divorce.
What?
That came out of left field?
Why?
You never do any chores.
Hey, now you're out in left field.
I do lots of chores.
I mean, you never do my chores.
It could be that situation.
It could be a, you know, the guy girl relationship was reversed.
That's possible.
Whatever.
The point was to come out of left field, very unexpected, bizarre, strange, weird.
You are out in left field.
You are strange, weird, bizarre, even crazy.
That's right.
It's a great expression.
Really, really good expression, very good.
And actually both of them.
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So check out the dialogue two more times to be out in left field, to be weird, strange,
even crazy, to come out of left field, to be unexpected, especially strange, weird,
unusual, and even crazy.
That's today's expression.
Check it out a couple more times.
And together, let's master English.
Honey, I want a divorce.
Oh, that came out of left field.
Why?
You never do any chores.
Hey, hey, hey, now you're out in left field.
I do lots of chores.
I mean, you never do my chores.
Honey, I want a divorce.
Oh, that came out of left field.
Why?
You never do any chores.
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