out of order | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Out ofnormalsequence.Antonym:in orderYou've got my index cardsout of orderagain.; (idiomatic)Notfunctioningproperly.Synonyms:out of commission;see alsoThesaurus:out of orderThe lift is alwaysout of order.2017,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Bad Dad, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:With the lift in the block stillout of order, they climbed the flights and flights of steps. When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.; (idiomatic)Inappropriateorunsuitable.Synonym:out of lineI suppose my remarks about his wife wereout of order.; Notin order: not according with e.g. the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.; untidy1603,Michel de Montaigne, translated byJohn Florio,The Essayes[…], London:[…]Val[entine]SimmesforEdward Blount[…],→OCLC:, II.31:Architas Tarentinusreturning from a war, where he had beene Captaine generall, found his house allout of order, husbandrie all spoiled, and by the ill government of his Bailife, his ground all waste and unmanured[…].

Examples:

EN: No wires to break or get out of order.
ES: Ni se rompen ni se quedan inoperativos.
EN: The line is either busy or out of order.
ES: La línea está ocupada o fuera de servicio.
EN: This lock must be out of order:
ES: Esta cerradura debe estar estropeada.
EN: Is it out of order to enquire about my husband's name?
ES: Evidentemente, es usted un caso psicopático.
EN: the director must excuse, but all the bells in the house are out of order
ES: Sr. director, le pido disculpas, pero no funciona ningún timbre de la casa.
EN: - Old pump out of order?
ES: - ¿La vieja bomba se ha estropeado?
EN: You're out of order.
ES: Está fuera de lugar.
EN: You shut up, Herring, or you'll be out of order!
ES: Cállese, Herring, o estará fuera de lugar.
EN: There's a lot of you out of order!
ES: Muchos de Uds. lo están.
EN: It can't be out of order.
ES: No puede estar estropeado.
EN: That's the third one That's gotten out of order While you've been Working on it.
ES: Es la tercera que se estropea mientras trabajas con ella.
EN: My headlights must be out of order.
ES: Mis faros no funcionan bien.
EN: Two guns out of order.
ES: Hay dos cañones rotos.
EN: Perhaps the bell is out of order.
ES: Tal vez el timbre esté fuera de servicio.
EN: The clock's out of order.
ES: El reloj no funciona.

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