OUT OF JOINT


Meaning of OUT OF JOINT in English

phrasal

1.

a. of a bone : having the head slipped from its socket

b. : being out of adjustment or harmony : being at odds : unsuitable , inconsistent

production costs are now entirely out of joint with retail prices — Jack Morpurgo

impractical, romantic, and wholly out of joint with their times — W.P.Webb

2.

a. : being in an unsatisfactory or disordered state : unpropitious

the times are out of joint

b. : being out of humor : disgruntled, dissatisfied

find themselves a little out of joint with the party arrangements — Sir Winston Churchill

the Ministry are much out of joint — Thomas Gray

must have been many noses put out of joint — Alvin Johnson

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.