out of touch

gerçeklerden kopuk

Gerçek yaşam koşullarını veya başkalarının ihtiyaçlarını anlamayan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: out of touch with something (The board seems out of touch with workers’ needs.)

Eş anlamlılar: unrealistic, disconnected

Zıt anlamlılar: realistic

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: completely out of touch, seem out of touch

iletişimi kesilmiş, görüşmeyen

Birbiriyle artık konuşmayan veya yazışmayan kişiler için kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: out of touch with someone (I have been out of touch with Sam for years.)

Eş anlamlılar: not in contact

Zıt anlamlılar: in touch

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: be out of touch, stay out of touch

çağın gerisinde, modası geçmiş

Güncel moda ve ilgi alanlarını bilmediği için düşünceleri eskimiş görünen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: out of touch with something (He is out of touch with current music.)

Eş anlamlılar: behind the times, outdated

Zıt anlamlılar: up to date

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: seem out of touch, be out of touch