"be off" has plenty of meanings that especially apply to the spoken language:
Those, selected ones that are springing to my mind are:
It's high time we
were off (=hurry away)
'There is going to be any wedding', I told him. 'It'
s off"
He must
be off (his nut) to throw his money
I've
been off cigarettes ever since I heard...( the opposite one is : I've
been into cigarettes...)
The match has been
rained off.
edytowany przez grudziu: 02 kwi 2012