color outside the lines

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To behave in creative or unconventional ways, to break the rules. intransitive
    — As one American problem-solving court judge put it: “We are the judges who get to color outside the lines.”
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see color, outside, lines.

词形变化

colors outside the lines present,singular,third-person coloring outside the lines participle,present colored outside the lines participle,past colored outside the lines past

词源

A reference to children's coloring books, which contain line drawings to be colored in.
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