He's off the market

[keannu]

When celebrities get married in Korea, as an expression of jealousy, we sometimes say "He became an off-the-market man". I heard "He's off the market" is slang to mean "someone is not in the marriage market any more", but is "off-the-maket man" also possible?

ex)He's off the market
He's an off-the-maket man.

[bhaisahab]

When celebrities get married in Korea, as an expression of jealousy, we sometimes say "He became an off-the-market man". I heard "He's off the market" is slang to mean "someone is not in the marriage market any more", but is "off-the-maket man" also possible?

ex)He's off the market
He's an off-the-maket man.

I've never heard it.

[keannu]

I've never heard it.

You haven't heard the both, then what's the smilar expression?

[5jj]

You haven't heard the both either, then what's the smilar expression?

I don't think we have one, but somebody may come up with something.

[keannu]

I don't think we have one, but somebody may come up with something.

I'm sorry you don't have one for that. It's just a joking nuance for anyone who got married, epecially for entertainers as they are not available in marriage market any more.

[BobK]

I don't think I've met it as a predicative adjective [Is that the word? Formal grammar isn't my Thing. I mean a one-word (with hyphens if it's more than one, as in 'one-word') adjective coming before the noun it describes.] But I wouldn't be surprised if I heard it used attributively:'He's off the market'.

b

[BobK]

I'm sorry you don't have one for that. It's just a joking nuance for anyone who got married, epecially for entertainers as they are not available in marriage market any more.

Aha - that's the word - 'He's not available' (or, more generally, 'already taken/spoken for' - 'Don't even think about it. She's already spoken for.' [This isn't very PC, but still... ]

b

[Barb_D]

So just to be clear "He's off the market" is common enough. It's the adjective form we are saying we are unfamiliar with.

[keannu]

So just to be clear "He's off the market" is common enough. It's the adjective form we are saying we are unfamiliar with.

And I haven't heard of "an off-the-market man" either, but Koreans have such an adjective form, so I was wondering if English has its counterpart, but it doesn't.