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off colour

adjective

  1. slightly ill; unwell

  2. indecent or indelicate; risqué

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He added that although Cinnamon's family were not distressed, they have been "off colour".

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This could have been a hazardous night for Guardiola and City after they looked off colour and subdued when being held 0-0 by Arsenal, barely posing a threat to Mikel Arteta's side.

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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.

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Set up with two solid banks of four and looking to counter down the wings at any opportunity, they punished a United side who were off colour in the first half.

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Not fancied by many, off colour in the league, but somehow when the big knockout matches get going, Los Blancos come into their own.

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