out of this world
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Meaning · English
Exceptionally good or exciting
Literally: beyond Earth's atmosphere
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
And though he's anti - hospital, his manners are out of this world.’
' Out of this world ' — usually used to describe rallies of high quality.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “out of this world” mean?
Exceptionally good or exciting Literally: beyond Earth's atmosphere
Is “out of this world” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.