Something unusual and unexpected. [Conjugation] --na/-da. [Example] It's a truly bizarre trick. [Edogawa Ranpo * Oni | 1931-32] [Example] We all lack imagination, so when something extraordinary happens in this world, we can't even imagine it. [Sono Ayako * Garden of Cold Winds | 1976] [Explanation] It is an abbreviation of "Kiso Tengai yori ochitsu (An idea that ordinary people would never think of suddenly comes to mind)." "Kiso" means an unusual idea. "Tengai" means outside of heaven. Source: Dictionary of Four-character Idioms About Dictionary of Four-character Idioms Information |
思いもよらないような奇抜なこと。 [活用] ―な・―だ。 [使用例] 実に奇想天外のトリックなんだ[江戸川乱歩*鬼|1931~32] [使用例] われわれは、皆、想像力が乏しいから、この世で奇想天外なことが行われている時には、全く想像もつかないものなんですよ[曾野綾子*木枯しの庭|1976] [解説] 「奇想天外より落つ(ふつうの人の思いもつかないような考えがふと浮かぶ)」の略。「奇想」は奇抜な考え。「天外」は天の外という意味。 出典 四字熟語を知る辞典四字熟語を知る辞典について 情報 |
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