off-the-shelf
readily available form retail sources
No more off-the-shelf water filters for me.
Taken off the shelf
Someone that was murdered in cold blood.
Person 1: Yo big man, I haven't seen you with Cadillac Pimpin in a while.
Reply: He was taken off the shelf in a drive by.
Person 1: Do they know who did it?
Reply: Yeah it was Trevor and he's in the joint for his murder cuz one of his cronies went to the po pos and wrote on his ass.
Reply: He was taken off the shelf in a drive by.
Person 1: Do they know who did it?
Reply: Yeah it was Trevor and he's in the joint for his murder cuz one of his cronies went to the po pos and wrote on his ass.