out to lunch | Idiomator

Meaning: Away eatinglunchor for a middaybreak; especially, away fromworkor ajob.She'sout to lunchright now, but you may leave her a note.; (idiomatic,informal)Clueless,inattentive, orcareless.After he drove with his turn signal on for five miles, I was pretty sure he wasout to lunch.1979, Douglas Adams,The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippy, good-timer, (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terribly bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completelyout to lunch.2002, “Along Came a Biter”, inTemporary Forever, performed by Busdriver:But then along came this biter / And he was so out of touch / So completely self indulgent / Just soout to lunch

Examples:

EN: Tell her I'm out to lunch.
ES: Dile que he salido a almorzar.
EN: The gods must all be out to lunch.
ES: Los dioses deben de haberse ido a almorzar.
EN: Steve said, "The gods must all be out to lunch. "
ES: Steve dijo: "Los dioses deben de haberse ido a almorzar".
EN: I'm going out to lunch.
ES: Voy fuera a almorzar.
EN: You can wait if you want to, but he is out to lunch.
ES: Puede esperar si quiere, pero salió a almorzar.
EN: No, I don't think I'll go out to lunch today.
ES: No, no creo que salga hoy a almorzar.
EN: He just stepped out to lunch, Mr. Mayo.
ES: Acaba de salir a comer, Sr. Mayo.
EN: Is Mr. Holk out to lunch?
ES: - ¿Ha ido Mr.
EN: No, Mr. Wilson, he's still out to lunch.
ES: No, Sr. Wilson, está almorzando.
EN: Four-thirty he's still out to lunch.
ES: ¿A las 16:30?
EN: Heard him tell his secretaries he went out to lunch and he'd be tied up most of the afternoon.
ES: Escuché decirle a sus secretarias que salía a almorzar y que estaría ocupado la mayor parte de la tarde.
EN: Uh, I'm going out to lunch now.
ES: Es mi hora del almuerzo.
EN: I can't take you out to lunch today.
ES: No puedo invitarte a comer.
EN: - She's out to lunch.
ES: -Si.
EN: She has just gone out to lunch with Mr and Mrs Beethoven.
ES: Almuerza con los Sres. Beethoven.

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