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#3 (permalink) Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:14 am Satisfied? |
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Rich7 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:02 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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| I didn't think he looked very well when we last saw him - in fact he was really out of .......... |
I felt that if he didn't look very well (not very healthy) then he was out of form (physically unwell) would be closer in meaning to the former. Why b) is wrong?
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:12 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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Hi,
I don't know the phrase 'out of form'. The expression 'out of sorts' is the accepted one suggesting that there is something wrong with you but it isn't very serious.
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Alan Co-founder

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#6 (permalink) Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:54 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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Why "out of order" can't be used here?
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Zhangbaixiang I'm here quite often ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:59 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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Hi,
'Out of order' refers to things like machines and means they do not work. You could go to a ticket machine to pay for your car park and there would be a notice with the words: 'Out of order' and that means you can't use that machine because it's broken.
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Alan Co-founder

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#8 (permalink) Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:59 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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Hi,
Why "out of trend" is incorrect? "He didn't look well" means he was sick or he wore badly?
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Wly I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#9 (permalink) Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:18 am Meaning of out of sorts |
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Hi,
Why "out of trend" is incorrect? "He didn't look well" means he was sick or he wore badly?
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Hi,
'He didn't look well' suggests that he appeared to be ill/sick. 'Out of trend' is not a regular expression. The only expression near to this is 'out of fashion', which means no longer fashionable.
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