Значение идиомы off and on

[off and on] also [on and off] {adv.} Not regularly; occasionally;sometimes.

Joan wrote to a pen pal in England off and on forseveral years.

It rained off and on all day.

— Sometimes usedwith hyphens like an adjective.

A worn-out cord may make a hearingaid work in an off-and-on way.

Compare: BY FITS AND STARTS, FROM TIMETO TIME, NOW AND THEN.



Traditions of my family.
Топики мое хобби.


Значение идиомы off and on