Idiom
out of the question
Meaning
Not remotely possible.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Another loan is out of the question right now.”
“When my boss asked me to work overtime again, I told him it was out of the question.”
“The committee had hoped for a full restoration of the historic building, but given the soaring costs, such an ambitious project was quickly deemed out of the question.”
Examples
simple
“Another loan is out of the question right now.”
contextual
“When my boss asked me to work overtime again, I told him it was out of the question.”
complex
“The committee had hoped for a full restoration of the historic building, but given the soaring costs, such an ambitious project was quickly deemed out of the question.”
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