English-French translations for off the mark

• à côté de la plaque
  Si c’est le cas, cet Office est, pour le dire crûment, complètement à côté de la plaque. If that is the case then this office is, to put it inelegantly, completely off the mark.
  Bref, les informations faisant état d'un défi diplomatique lancé par l'UE aux États-Unis étaient à côté de la plaque. Thus press reports of an EU-diplomatic challenge to the United States were way off the mark.

Definition of off the mark

• Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate

Synonyms

• wide of the mark

Examples

• His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.

Related words

• off the map
• be off the mark
• wipe off the map