à côté de ses pompes

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a ko.te d(ə) se pɔ̃p/ === Adjective === à côté de ses pompes (invariable) (informal, figuratively) out to lunch, out of it, not with it Synonym: à l'ouest Être à côté de ses pompes. ― To be zoned out (unfocused). (literally, “To be next to one's shoes.”) ==== Usage notes ==== As an adjective, chiefly used predicatively. ==== See also ==== à côté de la plaque