off colour
Britishadjective
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slightly ill; unwell
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indecent or indelicate; risqué
Example Sentences
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"If you get a rogue patch going off colour, you can stick your trusty knife in there, give it a sniff, and you will know exactly if a fox has weed on there," says Stubley.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
Anderson, now 39, managed only three wickets in the 2-0 series defeat by New Zealand in June and was off colour in his short spell of bowling on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2021
Ostapenko had played well to take the first set but was off colour in the second and two breaks of serve down in the third set when she asked for the timeout.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2021
For the only time in the last month or so the England bowling that had mined the mother lode at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge was off colour.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2015
She has come up on an errand of mercy to see one of the babies, who is a bit off colour.
From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Elizabeth Earnshaw
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