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through the looking-glass

through the looking-glass prepositional phrase: disconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Disconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.

Origin of through the looking-glass

From through + the + looking-glass. In reference to the novel Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

Questions about through the looking-glass

What does through the looking-glass mean?
Through the looking-glass means disconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.
What part of speech is through the looking-glass?
Through the looking-glass is a prepositional phrase.

Words near through the looking-glass in the dictionary

  1. through the ceiling
  2. through the floor
  3. through the gate
  4. through the hawsehole
  5. through the looking glass
  6. through the looking-glass
  7. through the mill
  8. through the roof
  9. through the sunroof
  10. through the wazoo
  11. through the wrong end of the telescope

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