词汇 | all over the ballpark |
词源 | all over the ballpark. Anyone or anything very confused and unfocused can be said to be all over the ballpark. The expres- sion, dating back to the 1850s, is from baseball, where it refers to a pitcher who can’t find the plate. |
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