out of touch

realitätsfern

Die tatsächlichen Lebensbedingungen oder Bedürfnisse anderer Menschen nicht verstehen.

In einfachem Englisch: If you do not understand real conditions or other people’s lives, your ideas may be unrealistic.

• These leaders are out of touch with ordinary people.
• His rent estimate showed how out of touch he was.
• Do you think the committee is out of touch with reality?

So benutzt man es: out of touch with something (The board seems out of touch with workers’ needs.)

Synonyme: unrealistic, disconnected

Gegenteile: realistic

Häufige Wendungen: completely out of touch, seem out of touch

ohne Kontakt

Keinen Kontakt mehr miteinander haben, weder durch Gespräche noch durch Nachrichten.

In einfachem Englisch: If people no longer speak or write to each other, they are no longer in contact.

• We have been out of touch for months.
• She was out of touch with her cousins until last summer.
• Have you been out of touch since he moved?

So benutzt man es: out of touch with someone (I have been out of touch with Sam for years.)

Synonyme: not in contact

Gegenteile: in touch

Häufige Wendungen: be out of touch, stay out of touch

nicht mehr zeitgemäß

Aktuelle Moden und Interessen kaum kennen und dadurch altmodisch wirken.

In einfachem Englisch: If you know little about current fashions or popular interests, your ideas seem old.

• My uncle seems out of touch with modern fashion.
• I felt out of touch when everyone discussed the latest singers.
• Are these old jokes making us look out of touch?

So benutzt man es: out of touch with something (He is out of touch with current music.)

Synonyme: behind the times, outdated

Gegenteile: up to date

Häufige Wendungen: seem out of touch, be out of touch