on the outs | Idiomator

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Onunfriendlyterms;estranged.1961,Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect”, inSlouching Towards Bethlehem:I marvel that a mindon the outswith itself should have nevertheless made a painstaking record of its every tremor.1964, John Anton Dahl,Student, School, and Society: Crosscurrents in Secondary Education, page83:A second ill of this day lies in the trend of getting more andmore on the outswith those who have been more successful than we.1977-1980,Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors),We Both Laughed In PleasureHe's staying at my place because he & Bridg areon the outs.1998, Henry J. Frundt,Trade Conditions and Labor Rights: U.S. Initiatives, Dominican and Central ..., page68:"The first country, Nicaragua, was a give-away," noted one State Department observer, referring to the GSP review of the countrymost on the outswith the administration.2003, John Wingspread Howell,Naked in Church, page409:The fact that he and her sister seemed to bemore on the outsthan ever may have been half her motivation in leaving the door open a crack.

Examples:

EN: The chief and I are on the outs, and I want to get on the good side of him.
ES: El jefe y yo estamos a malas, y yo quiero estar a buenas con él.
EN: We're on the outs. We had a ruckus over principles a few years back, so I skedaddled.
ES: Tuvimos una discusión sobre ciertos principios hace unos años, así que preferí escabullirme.
EN: Exactly, and that's why my folks and I have been on the outs for years.
ES: Exacto, y por eso mis padres y yo hemos estado al margen durante años.
EN: He pretended to be on the outs with me... so that I could gain the confidence of Cardell.
ES: Fingió estar peleado conmigo... para que yo pudiera ganarme la confianza de Cardell.
EN: We're on the outs with 'em.
ES: Estamos enfadados con los vecinos.
EN: Not that it happened that fast with me, but by the time I was 17, I had to admit, that mirror and me were on the outs.
ES: No es que me haya pasado tan rápido, pero cuando tenía 17 años, tuve que admitirlo. ese espejo y yo estábamos fuera de combate.
EN: I've been on the outs with the family recently.
ES: Recientemente me he enemistado con la familia.
EN: I understand you and this Crabs fellow are on the outs.
ES: Entiendo que vosotros y el compañero Crabs esteis enfadados.
EN: Your social life is a wreck... you're on the outs with your white partner... you're suddenly the most unpopular guy in the world.
ES: Tu vida social está acabada... reñiste con tu compañero blanco... y te has vuelto el más impopular.
EN: I thought you were on the outs with your sister?
ES: En realidad estaba reñido con tu hermana.
EN: I thought you said Hilly and Nate Nathanson were on the outs.
ES: ¿No dijiste que Hilly y Nate Nathanson estaban enfadados?
EN: You talking, or you still on the outs?
ES: ¿Hablan, o todavía están distanciados?
EN: He was on the outs trying to get back in.
ES: Estaba en la salida tratando de volver a entrar.
EN: I'm on the outs with my parents, okay?
ES: Estoy enojada con mis padres, ok?
EN: Am I on the outs with you?
ES: ¿Estás enojada conmigo?

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