off the cuffとは 意味・読み方・使い方

前置詞句

off the cuff

1. In an off-the-cuff manner.
   • 2016 February 2, Lee Roden, “Premier League: From Pellegrini to Pep - Why the Engineer made City the ideal destination for Guardiola”, in Yahoo Sport‎:

     Nor was there anything off the cuff about their insistence that Manuel Pellegrini was happy to make the name of his replacement public knowledge, echoing his sentiment that they were “not doing anything behind me” from a press conference earlier in the same day.

   • 2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club‎:

     McCartney is a showman, not a script-reader. His banter Friday night was fresh, off the cuff.

派生語

• off-the-cuff (adjective)

参考

• on the cuff

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形容詞

off-the-cuff (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Extemporaneous; without prior preparation; spontaneous; impromptu.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impromptu

   He made a few off-the-cuff remarks before launching into his prepared speech.

   • 2013 May 5, Peter Baker, Mark Landler, David E. Sanger, Anne Barnard, “Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Off-the-Cuff Obama Line Put U.S. in Bind on Syria [title]

   • 2017 June 4, Peter Baker, “Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Trump’s Off-the-Cuff Tweets Strain Foreign Ties [title]

   • 2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Even when people are trying to sell you something, their messages seem off-the-cuff, like trustworthy recommendations rather than sponsored shilling.