What does off the hook mean?
Idiom Meaning:
to escape obligation (or something exciting)
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Liberal Arts (2012)
Time of Scene:
Jesse Fisher: Well, it bothers me.
Zibby: Well, it shouldn’t. Age is a stupid thing to obsess over. What if reincarnation is real, huh? Think about that. What if I am like thousands of years older than you?
Jesse Fisher: Okay, that’s not really a sound argument.
Zibby: Why not?
Jesse Fisher: Because it’s like saying what if reality is all an illusion, then there are no consequences to anything. We’re completely off the hook. And I believe in consequences.
Zibby: No, you believe in guilt.
Jesse Fisher: Maybe, but guilt before we act is called morality.
The Best Man (1999)
Time of Scene:
Quentin: This shit is about to be ignorant, off the hook. Luke… dancers.
The Walking Dead “Cherokee Rose” (2011)
Time of Scene:
Rick Grimes: Daryl. You okay on your own?
Daryl Dixon: I’m better on my own. I’ll be back before dark.
Rick Grimes: Hey. We got a base. We can get this search properly organized now.
Daryl Dixon: You got a point or are we just chatting?
Rick Grimes: My point is it lets you off the hook. You don’t owe us anything.
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