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what was someone smoking

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Source Word

what was someone smoking

Phrase

humorous idiomatic

(idiomatic, humorous) Used to express surprise about someone's uncharacteristic or wacky, offbeat past actions.

Japanese Meaning

相手が普段は見られない異常な、または奇抜で風変わりな行動をとったとき、その驚きをユーモラスに表現するための皮肉的なフレーズとして使われる。

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After she turned his childhood bedroom into a trampoline park, I couldn't help thinking, what was someone smoking?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女が彼の子ども部屋をトランポリンパークにしてしまったとき、私は思わず一体何を吸っていたのだろうと思った。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, humorous) Used to express surprise about someone's uncharacteristic or wacky, offbeat past actions.

The SGZ is primarily a signal that Alfa Romeo is back in business as serious maker of serious cars although the Zagato body puts one in mind of the FI team owner whose response to a new car was to ask his designer 'What were you smoking when you designed that?'

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