out of the box

prepositional phrase2

1. •
   Of a product, immediately, without intervention from the customer.

   • This software has to work out of the box, without any fancy installation.
2. •
   (figurative) Outside the box; unconventionally: outside the limits of conventional thinking.

   • He started out with the rather obvious alternative of talking to Junior; Hesh’s scheme was more imaginative; and Tony’s idea of torching the restaurant really is out of the box. — 2004