off\ the\ beam

off\ the\ beam
adv or adj. phr.
1. (Of an airplane) Not in the radio beam that marks the path to follow between airports; flying in the wrong direction.

A radio signal tells the pilot of an airplane when his plane is off the beam.

2. slang
Wrong; mistaken.

Maud was off the beam when she said that the girls didn't like her.

Contrast: on the beam

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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