English Dictionary

off one's game

前置詞句

前置詞句 広義 慣用表現

(sports, of a competitor) Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance.

日本語の意味

普段のパフォーマンスより下回る調子でプレーする状態、つまり通常の実力が発揮できていない状態 / 試合中などにいつも通りの力を出せず、劣ったパフォーマンスを示すこと

A player can be off one's game during an important match and still learn something from the experience.

選手は重要な試合で普段の力を発揮できないことがあり、それでも経験から何かを学ぶことができる。

意味（1）

(sports, of a competitor) Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance.

One fellow I knew once was off his game the whole first half because some idiot was flying a kite over the field advertising some one's pills.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) Performing in any activity below one's usual level; behaving in an irregular, inept, or awkward manner; feeling unwell.

Big Bertha, the crowd-pleasing sand tiger shark who survived an astonishing four decades at the New York Aquarium, has died. She was off her game. She slowed down. She wasn't quite right, said Hans Walters, the animal department supervisor.