out of one’s box—(sl.) crazy or very drunk (also: off one’s box):
- If you think this book is good you must be out of your box.
out of the box—(Austral. coll.)
1. said of smth. that can be put to immediate use:
- The industry has yet to sell a computer which can be used by a novice, straight out of the box.
2. very special or exceptional:
- You mustn’t run away with the notion that I’m anything out of the box in back-country conditions.
Note:
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase outside the box—(in the phrase “think outside the box”) think in an original way (showing imagination, unusual approach, etc.):
- His marketing strategies are looking tired. We need someone who can think outside the box a little more.
b) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase knocked out of the box—used of smth. ousted or replaced by smth. else:
- IBM was almost knocked out of the box by other types of computer software and manufacturing.
See also: first time out of the box / just out of a bandbox.