To show something is approved, sound as a pound, better than good. Not to be confused with to be let off with something (old phrase).
A hot bird walks past you in a bar. You say "That bird was off the hook".
You ain't off the hook just because you broke your legs, you stll have to go collect my money
synonym for busy - and not in the sense of "unavailable," but rather "sustaining much activity."
the Urban Dictionary is off the hook for October
a word meaning cool, brilliant, wicked. made famous by MAXWELL from UK BIG BROTHER 6 (2005)! Said in London (cockney areas) as "Off the 'ook".
Nah man, that was off the 'ook.
"Off the hook" is a phrase describing a disappointing, mundane, or unpleasant experience or event.
This refers to the scene the movie The Cell, where the hero suspends himself from the ceiling with hooks through his skin. It provides a sense of weightlessness and freedom from the stress of everyday life. Being forced off the hooks drags him back to the brutal realities of women using him to harm themselves.
"My girlfriend came home early, so I found myself off the hook prematurely and had to release my captives before completing my master plan."
A word meaning cool; happening; and for those of you who were born in the sixties and lived through the seventies, GROOVY!
Yo, that shiztnit is off the hook!