off-kilter | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Askew.2014, Marie Ferrarella,Her Forever Cowboy, Harlequin,→ISBN, page61:On second thought, she reconsidered, looking up into Murphy's eyes; maybe he was a littleoff-kilter. Justoff-kilterenough to want her to live up to that ridiculous term he'd given her—or else.2015, Adilifu Nama,Race on the QT: Blackness and the Films of Quentin Tarantino, University of Texas Press,→ISBN, page26:Up to this point, True Romance has the makings of a gritty,off-kilter, romance movie meets road movie. This strikingly changes, not in direction (because the film is a gritty,off-kilter, romance movie meets road movie) but in symbolism, semiotics[…]2015, Sabrina Jeffries,If the Viscount Falls, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN, page74:“Do forgive me, Mrs. Patch.” He was generally much better at questioning people, at reading what would upset them or make them reveal their secrets. But this situation had thrown him entirelyoff-kilter.

Examples:

EN: Well, perhaps in moving, the Batcomputer is a bit off-kilter, sir.
ES: Bueno, tal vez por el movimiento, la Baticomputadora está fuera de onda, señor.
EN: Throws my hips off-kilter.
ES: Afecta mis caderas.
EN: Throws your hips off-kilter.
ES: Afecta tus caderas.
EN: So if I seem a little off-kilter to you two... it's par for the course.
ES: Así que si les parezco un poquito desubicado es lo que se espera.
EN: And life is a complicated little comedy and if you whack yourself off-kilter here, we're both going to drown.
ES: La vida es una comedia complicada. Y si te sigues torturando con esto, nos hundiremos los dos, porque estamos conectados.
EN: Obviously, she's a little off-kilter.
ES: Obviamente, ella está un poco desquiciada.
EN: I was completely thrown off-kilter when I saw that.
ES: Me quedé completamente descolocado cuando la vi.
EN: Sod Jan, he's left it off-kilter.
ES: El pesado de Jan, nunca se preocupa...
EN: That's a little... that's a little bit off, uh, off-kilter.
ES: Eso es un poco... eso es un poco desfasado.
EN: He thinks there's something off-kilter going on out here.
ES: El piensa que hay algo malo sucediendo aquí.
EN: Oh, it kind of means off-kilter, in case you were wondering.
ES: Bueno, significa como caótico. Por si te interesaba.
EN: He's already got you all off-kilter.
ES: Ya te tiene toda liada.
EN: I understand it's a lot of names, but I need you to try to remember faces, voices, anyone who was off-kilter at all.
ES: Entiendo que son muchos nombres, pero necesito que trates de recordar caras, voces, alguien que fuese fuera de lo normal.
EN: I'm just feeling very off-kilter these days.
ES: Me siento muy descentrado estos días.
EN: Little off-kilter, kind of dangerous.
ES: Poco descentrado, es algo peligroso.

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