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(idiomatic) Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.

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off the chain

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(idiomatic) Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.

Japanese Meaning

監督や直接の指示から解放され、自由に行動できる状態 / 奴隷的な働き方や監督体制から離れた、自由で自主的な状態

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After the reform, many laborers were off the chain, no longer bound to the assembly line's relentless pace.

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改革の後、多くの労働者は鎖から解放され、組立ラインの容赦ないペースに縛られなくなった。

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(idiomatic) Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.

“Here,” said Wigmore, “no bickering tonight, and no politics either. I’m off the chain, and we’re going to take you out to dinner at Oddy’s, and a theatre.”

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(African-American Vernacular) Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.

I saw the ring (Tuesday), and it was just unbelievable. That it was my turn to be one of those select few to achieve the ultimate success. It is, what we say, ‘off the chain.’ So it was really an enjoyable moment.

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