off the chandelier

off the chandelier
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   It describes bids at an auction, where the auctioneer is trying to run up the bidding by pretending there is another active bidder in the hall:
    ... the bidding, which moved slowly from $4 to $6 million, proved to be all 'off the chandelier'. {Daily Telegraph, January 1990)
   Depending on the décor, such bids may also come off the ceiling, wall, or whatever else catches the auctioneer's eye, other than a genuine bid.

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