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单词 out of joint
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out of joint


1

Dislocated, as in Trying to break his fall, he put his shoulder out of joint. [Late 1300s]

2

See nose out of joint.

3

Out of order, inauspicious or unsatisfactory, as in The entire lineup of our team is out of joint. Shakespeare had this term in Hamlet (1:5): “The time is out of joint.” [Early 1400s]

Words nearby out of joint

out of gas, out of hand, out of harm's way, out of humor, out of it, out of joint, out of keeping, out of key, out of kilter, out of line, out of luck
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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