off colour
Britishadjective
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slightly ill; unwell
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indecent or indelicate; risqué
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024
"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
Wooley defended his comments to Newstalk ZB in New Zealand, saying he did not find his line of questioning or commentary off colour.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2018
I was, in fact, dead off colour, and the sight of those three Cliborough fellows almost took away my appetite.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
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