out to lunch
Not paying attention
Out to lunch literally means away from one's workplace for the midday meal: She's out to lunch until one.
Figuratively, it describes someone who seems mentally absent, confused, or out of touch with reality: If he thinks that plan will work, he's totally out to lunch.
The slang sense suggests a failure to grasp what's obvious to others.
Inattentive to immediate surroundings
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- inattentiveNot paying attention
scatterbrained · forgetful · distracted · not all there · head in the clouds · lost in thought · miles away · woolgathering
absentminded
Inattentive to immediate surroundings
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
inattentive · scatterbrained · forgetful · distracted · not all there · head in the clouds · lost in thought · miles away · woolgathering · oblivious
crazy
Mentally unhinged
wacky · loopy · bonkers · off the wall · unhinged · cracked · touched · not quite right · oddball · screwy
unavailable
Cannot be accessed
- lunchtimeNoon eating period
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- daydreamingdaydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, deep in thought, musings
- doing nothingdo nothing, stand still, sit tight, stay put, keep still
- Incompetencebungle, failure, botch, inability, blunder
out to lunchsharp
Fine-edged, or astute
alert · attentive · on the ball · sharp as a tack · quick-witted
out to lunchdown-to-earth
Practical and without pretension
grounded · level-headed · sensible · realistic · pragmatic
outside, out, lunch, outer, outing, outdoor, outdoors, outs, outed