through the looking-glass

prepositional phrase

Disconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticDisconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.

Origin

From through + the + looking-glass. In reference to the novel Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

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APA

through the looking-glass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20looking-glass

MLA

“through the looking-glass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20looking-glass. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “through the looking-glass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20the%20looking-glass.

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