outside the box

短语

跳出框架

发音

AU

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Beyond the bounds of convention or normal practice.

    跳出框架

    习语

    The boss wants some new ideas—it's time to think outside the box.

词源

Unclear. Attested since 1971 (see quotations) with allusion to the nine dots puzzle, where one needs to draw lines outside the perimeter of its nine dots. Earlier related phrases include go outside the dots (1956), step outside the box (1969), and think outside the dots (1970).

来源：wiktionary