left field
noun
1.
Baseball.
the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate.
the position of the player covering this area.
2.
Slang.
a position or circumstance that is remote from an ordinary or general trend.
Idioms
3.
out in left field,
Slang.
completely mistaken; wrong.
Origin
1855-60,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
left field
Something that comes out of
left field
is usually sudden and strange.
The gun in question is something that even its inventor says comes out of
left field
.
And your garage theory comes from
left field
thinking these people add the micro amounts of these substances they have found.
And as for the naturalistic origin of natural law itself, your still far out to
left field
.
He/she gave a general criticism that came from
left field
and no specific suggestions.
Well, that's completely out of
left field
with nothing to back it up whatsoever.
If their
left field
of vision was frosted, they went the same way.
In short, vaccine believers are not standing out in
left field
.
The human would see a dim point of light in either the right or
left field
of view, depending on the photon's quantum state.
Then, on the set, ideas would come out of
left field
from either one of us.
Idioms and Phrases with
left field
left field
see:
out in left field