out of joint

脱臼した

関節で骨が本来の位置からずれている状態。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： put something out of joint (The fall put his elbow out of joint.)

類義語： dislocated

よく使う表現： shoulder out of joint, hip out of joint

混乱した、秩序が乱れた

物事の秩序が乱れたり、うまく機能しなくなったりしている状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： in disorder, in disarray

反対語： in order

よく使う表現： world out of joint, life out of joint

調和していない、かみ合わない

ほかのものとうまく合わず、かみ合っていない状態。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： out of joint with something (His ideas are out of joint with modern life.)

類義語： out of step, at odds

反対語： in harmony

よく使う表現： out of joint with, ideas out of joint