out of joint

déboîté, luxé

Se dit d'un os sorti de sa position normale dans une articulation.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : put something out of joint (The fall put his elbow out of joint.)

Synonymes : dislocated

Expressions courantes : shoulder out of joint, hip out of joint

désorganisé, déréglé

Se dit de choses désorganisées ou qui ne fonctionnent plus comme elles le devraient.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : in disorder, in disarray

Contraires : in order

Expressions courantes : world out of joint, life out of joint

en décalage

Qui ne correspond pas à autre chose ou ne s'accorde pas bien avec elle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : out of joint with something (His ideas are out of joint with modern life.)

Synonymes : out of step, at odds

Contraires : in harmony

Expressions courantes : out of joint with, ideas out of joint