through the looking glass

Adjective

Meaning

through the looking glass (not comparable)

Alternative form of through the looking-glass.

through the looking-glass (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Disconcertingly bizarre; surreal; weird; strange; topsy-turvy; beyond the reasonable limits of normality.
Alternative form: through the looking glass

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

through the looking-glass

Examples

Carroll, Lewis (2010) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass pp 64–65 Createspace ltd ISBN 1-4505-7761-X This may reflect Carroll's intention for his readership; the poem is, after all, part of a dream. Source: Internet

Iris Theatre in London, England, had a 2 part version of both novels in which Through the Looking-Glass was part 2. Alice was played in both parts by Laura Wickham. Source: Internet

It also contains the "suppressed" chapter "The Wasp in a Wig", which Carroll omitted from the text of Through the Looking-Glass on Tenniel's recommendation. Source: Internet

In both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, there are puns and quips about two non-existing characters, Nobody and Somebody. Source: Internet

It is also mentioned in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass as a food that snapdragon flies live on. Source: Internet

Set years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the game features an older, more cynical and macabre incarnation of Alice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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