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When I'm at a restaurant and I don't see anything I like, I just order something "off the menu". When I'm at a restaurant and I like everyone I see, I order so

• balex 2y ago
  So essentially you order off the menu based on your surroundings?
• scoot 2y ago
  The first is "off-menu", and the second (for which I don't think you meant "everyone") is "from the menu". So, no...
  • fshbbdssbbgdd 2y ago
    People really do say they “ordered something off the menu” when they found the item on the menu. I believe I could usually distinguish the two meanings if I heard a recording. If the item is not on the menu, the word “off” would be stressed.
  • averageRoyalty 2y ago
    In Australian english, "off the menu" is perfectly normal vernacular in non formal settings.