off the mark

equivocado, desacertado

Equivocado, poco exacto o inadecuado para la situación.

En inglés sencillo: Wrong, inaccurate, or unsuitable for the situation.

• Your guess is off the mark.
• The report's estimate was far off the mark.
• Her criticism seems a little off the mark.

Sinónimos: wrong, inaccurate, mistaken

Antónimos: correct, accurate

Expresiones frecuentes: be off the mark, far off the mark, slightly off the mark

en marcha

Que ya ha empezado una actividad o logrado un primer éxito, especialmente en comparación con otros.

En inglés sencillo: Having started an activity or achieved a first success, especially compared with others.

• She was quick off the mark.
• The team got off the mark with an early goal.
• We were slow off the mark in selling online.

Cómo se usa: be quick/slow off the mark (Our rivals were quick off the mark.); get off the mark (The striker got off the mark with a goal.)

Sinónimos: under way

Expresiones frecuentes: quick off the mark, slow off the mark, get off the mark