out of joint

dislocado

Se dice de un hueso que ha salido de su posición normal en una articulación.

En inglés sencillo: A bone has moved out of its normal position where it joins another bone.

• His shoulder is out of joint.
• The doctor found her finger out of joint.
• Could that fall have put your hip out of joint?

Cómo se usa: put something out of joint (The fall put his elbow out of joint.)

Sinónimos: dislocated

Expresiones frecuentes: shoulder out of joint, hip out of joint

desordenado, trastornado

Se dice cuando las cosas están desorganizadas o ya no funcionan como deberían.

En inglés sencillo: Things are badly organized or no longer working as they should.

• The whole world seemed out of joint.
• After the move, our lives felt out of joint.
• War left the affairs of the country out of joint.

Sinónimos: in disorder, in disarray

Antónimos: in order

Expresiones frecuentes: world out of joint, life out of joint

en desacuerdo, en desarmonía

Sin encajar o estar en armonía con otra cosa.

En inglés sencillo: Not matching or fitting well with something else.

• Her views seem out of joint with ours.
• The rules were out of joint with local customs.
• His expectations felt out of joint with reality.

Cómo se usa: out of joint with something (His ideas are out of joint with modern life.)

Sinónimos: out of step, at odds

Antónimos: in harmony

Expresiones frecuentes: out of joint with, ideas out of joint