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A particularly quotable 1970s British comedy film includes the following pseudo-old-english instructions for dispatching a troublesome foe:

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to
three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count,
and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not
count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to
three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third
number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

What is the meaning of "right out" in this context? It does not sound like something from old english, so I assume it's an expression relevant to 1970s British English. For those unfamiliar with the operation of hand grenades, typically the number "five" would correspond with the explosion of said grenade. This leads me to believe that the phrase means "insane", "incredibly stupid", or something similar, but I have been unable to find any references to support this.

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  @DJClayworth As it stands, the Q shows no research effort, so answering formally will probably tick off a few older users here.
  
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  Is that Monty Python? It sounds like Monty Python. Anyway, "Five is right out" means that five is immediately excluded, like don't even think about counting to five.
  
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A particularly quotable 1970s British comedy film includes the following pseudo-old-english instructions for dispatching a troublesome foe:

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to
three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count,
and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not
count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to
three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third
number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

What is the meaning of "right out" in this context? It does not sound like something from old english, so I assume it's an expression relevant to 1970s British English. For those unfamiliar with the operation of hand grenades, typically the number "five" would correspond with the explosion of said grenade. This leads me to believe that the phrase means "insane", "incredibly stupid", or something similar, but I have been unable to find any references to support this.

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  @DJClayworth As it stands, the Q shows no research effort, so answering formally will probably tick off a few older users here.
  
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  Then don't answer. Speaking as one of the older users here...
  
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  Another meaning of "right out" is, having counted to five and not having lobbed "thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe" it is thyself who "snuffs it".
  
  – Weather Vane
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Is that Monty Python? It sounds like Monty Python. Anyway, "Five is right out" means that five is immediately excluded, like don't even think about counting to five.
  
  – Benjamin Harman
  8 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @DJClayworth Normally I don't agree with you on this topic, but after thinking it over, I guess you have a point.
  
  – Cascabel
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A particularly quotable 1970s British comedy film includes the following pseudo-old-english instructions for dispatching a troublesome foe:

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to
three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count,
and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not
count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to
three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third
number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

What is the meaning of "right out" in this context? It does not sound like something from old english, so I assume it's an expression relevant to 1970s British English. For those unfamiliar with the operation of hand grenades, typically the number "five" would correspond with the explosion of said grenade. This leads me to believe that the phrase means "insane", "incredibly stupid", or something similar, but I have been unable to find any references to support this.

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This is dialogue from Monty Python's Holy Grail (1975)

right out

...may not be a recognized expression, but the implied meaning "absolutely excluded", as in "out of the question", was intended as a comical change in register. In modern usage...

out

not acceptable or not possible:

-Cambridge online

...using "right" with it as an intensifier.

right

used for emphasizing when something is bad:

Also check out "snuff it".

snuff

also : kill, execute

-Merriam Webster

The rest of the text is pseudo 17th century KJV Bible early-modern English, and serves as the bread hiding the meat.

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  Got it, so it's less of a compound expression, and more of "right" as in, "he'll fix ya up right quick", and "out" as in "out of the question", so essentially it is a shortened version of "counting to five is right out of the question". FWIW, I did about as much research as any other question I'd ask on SX, but the phrase is so overloaded that it's difficult to find any similar references. And the use of "out" in this case still seems unnatural to me.
  
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  @MooseBoys BTW... "right" in this context is more like..."He's a right bastard, he is." The American usage, although also colloquial, is not quite so intense.
  
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This is dialogue from Monty Python's Holy Grail (1975)

right out

...may not be a recognized expression, but the implied meaning "absolutely excluded", as in "out of the question", was intended as a comical change in register. In modern usage...

out

not acceptable or not possible:

-Cambridge online

...using "right" with it as an intensifier.

right

used for emphasizing when something is bad:

Also check out "snuff it".

snuff

also : kill, execute

-Merriam Webster

The rest of the text is pseudo 17th century KJV Bible early-modern English, and serves as the bread hiding the meat.

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  Got it, so it's less of a compound expression, and more of "right" as in, "he'll fix ya up right quick", and "out" as in "out of the question", so essentially it is a shortened version of "counting to five is right out of the question". FWIW, I did about as much research as any other question I'd ask on SX, but the phrase is so overloaded that it's difficult to find any similar references. And the use of "out" in this case still seems unnatural to me.
  
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  @MooseBoys BTW... "right" in this context is more like..."He's a right bastard, he is." The American usage, although also colloquial, is not quite so intense.
  
  – Cascabel
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This is dialogue from Monty Python's Holy Grail (1975)

right out

...may not be a recognized expression, but the implied meaning "absolutely excluded", as in "out of the question", was intended as a comical change in register. In modern usage...

out

not acceptable or not possible:

-Cambridge online

...using "right" with it as an intensifier.

right

used for emphasizing when something is bad:

Also check out "snuff it".

snuff

also : kill, execute

-Merriam Webster

The rest of the text is pseudo 17th century KJV Bible early-modern English, and serves as the bread hiding the meat.

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  Got it, so it's less of a compound expression, and more of "right" as in, "he'll fix ya up right quick", and "out" as in "out of the question", so essentially it is a shortened version of "counting to five is right out of the question". FWIW, I did about as much research as any other question I'd ask on SX, but the phrase is so overloaded that it's difficult to find any similar references. And the use of "out" in this case still seems unnatural to me.
  
  – MooseBoys
  5 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MooseBoys BTW... "right" in this context is more like..."He's a right bastard, he is." The American usage, although also colloquial, is not quite so intense.
  
  – Cascabel
  5 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  

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This is dialogue from Monty Python's Holy Grail (1975)

right out

...may not be a recognized expression, but the implied meaning "absolutely excluded", as in "out of the question", was intended as a comical change in register. In modern usage...

out

not acceptable or not possible:

-Cambridge online

...using "right" with it as an intensifier.

right

used for emphasizing when something is bad:

Also check out "snuff it".

snuff

also : kill, execute

-Merriam Webster

The rest of the text is pseudo 17th century KJV Bible early-modern English, and serves as the bread hiding the meat.

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