May 1, 2021 17:35
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Dad used to always say "We're so far out we're back in again." So that's part of why we don't change.
Someone is running a traditional bakery. He is talking about using the same recipes since decades and why they didn't make much change.
Thanks in advance,
Someone is running a traditional bakery. He is talking about using the same recipes since decades and why they didn't make much change.
Thanks in advance,
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| 5 +6 | far out |
Charlotte Fleming
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| 4 +3 | ahead of the curve |
David Hollywood
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| 3 +1 | atypical for being classic |
Orkoyen (X)
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| 3 -1 | unusual |
Kiet Bach
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+6
36 mins
Charlotte Fleming
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Travel, wine and scuba specialist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Italian to English, English
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far out
"far out" is an expression from the 1970s meaning "outside the norm" or "extraordinary"; it also means "wonderful". Hippies would say things like "that's far out, man" to mean it was amazing. "We're so far out we're back in again" means, roughly, "we're so old-fashioned we're back in fashion".
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I would say it's more that old recipes and types of bread have come back into fashion: the bakery recipes have never changed, and that's now seen as a good thing. Tradition is the new fashion.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2021-05-01 22:37:13 GMT)
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I would say it's more that old recipes and types of bread have come back into fashion: the bakery recipes have never changed, and that's now seen as a good thing. Tradition is the new fashion.
Note from asker:
| Could it mean, "We are advanced too much, and we have to get back a bit." |
| Because it is taken as pretext to not make any further changes to the bakery. |
Peer comment(s):
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Orkoyen (X)
9 mins
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Thank you!
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Danilo Santana
1 hr
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Thank you!
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Sajad Neisi
13 hrs
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Thank you!
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Helena Chavarria
15 hrs
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Thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: they were ahead of their time but others have now caught on that traditional expertise is best
16 hrs
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Thanks, Yvonne!
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Eduardo Martins
1 day 19 hrs
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Thank you!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot."
+1
38 mins
atypical for being classic
Have been traditional to the point of being considered an outlier
-1
55 mins
unusual
far out:
Unusual or eccentric; very advanced. for example, Painting blindfolded, that's far out, or Her child-rearing theories are far out.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/far--out#:~:text=with far-...
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I'm not sure what "back in again" means. Probably it means "back in the market again" because we are so unusual no one has been able to imitate us and take our market share away.
Unusual or eccentric; very advanced. for example, Painting blindfolded, that's far out, or Her child-rearing theories are far out.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/far--out#:~:text=with far-...
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I'm not sure what "back in again" means. Probably it means "back in the market again" because we are so unusual no one has been able to imitate us and take our market share away.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: definitely not "eccentric" and nothing to do with taking market share away
16 hrs
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+3
9 hrs
David Hollywood
Native in English
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English
Works in field
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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ahead of the curve
I would say
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:54:43 GMT)
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they were so ahead of their time that others have finally caught up and so they're back in fashion
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:56:09 GMT)
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as others have realised they were far behind
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:57:43 GMT)
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"and" rather than "as" (not consequential)
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:54:43 GMT)
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they were so ahead of their time that others have finally caught up and so they're back in fashion
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:56:09 GMT)
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as others have realised they were far behind
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Note added at 9 hrs (2021-05-02 02:57:43 GMT)
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"and" rather than "as" (not consequential)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: that's the way I understand it. Far out in this context means avant garde (in remaining traditional) though now "traditional" is back in fashion
7 hrs
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| agree |
Charlotte Fleming
8 hrs
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| agree |
philgoddard
10 hrs
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