Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“That’s one of my favorite scenes in the movie…and people hate it. They go, ‘That scene just completely came out of left field.”
Actor Paul Walker, talking about a scene in his movie Running Scared.
Definition
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was a surprise, was unexpected; came out of nowhere
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
When something comes out of left field, it is a complete surprise. In the movie Fight Club, I did not expect Brad Pitt and Edward Norton to be the same character. That just came out of left field for me.In the example above, Paul Walker is talking about a controversial scene in his new movie. “People hate it,” he says, because it is so unexpected.
To see an example of something that comes out of left field, watch this video.
Examples
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“Google just came out of left field and blew away the competition.”