out of the picture

Meaning: (idiomatic)Notincludedin the matter being planned or under consideration; not afactororparticipantin the present situation.1966October 7, “Executives: Man of the Future”, inTime:Within a year, his scientists had worked out a system that virtually elbowed CBSout of the picture.1986,Margaret Truman,Murder at the FBI,→ISBN,page191:"Well, since Ross is pretty muchout of the picture, you're sitting in the driver's seat."2007July 19,Justin Fox, “The End of Easy Money”, inTime:By mid-2004, confident that deflation wasout of the picture, the Fed began raising rates again.2013June 1, “End of the peer show”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8838, page71:Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are keptout of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.; (idiomatic,euphemistic)Dead,missing, orincarcerated.; (idiomatic,dated)Notsuitingorattunedto the situation;incongruous.1906,Richard Harding Davis, “Baron James Harden Hickey”, inReal Soldiers of Fortune:Harden-Hickey, in our day, was as incongruous a figure as was the American at the Court of King Arthur; he was as unhappilyout of the pictureas would be Cyrano de Bergerac on the floor of the Board of Trade.1919,John Buchan, chapter 20, inMr. Standfast:Only Peter wasout of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window.1921,Margaret Pedler, chapter 30, inThe Lamp of Fate:Magda devoting her life to good works seemed altogetherout of the picture!

Examples:

EN: People don't argue about nothing and walk out of the picture sore. Sore?
ES: No discutes por nada y te vas enfadado.
EN: - Well, that lets him out of the picture.
ES: - Eso le excluye.
EN: I think I'll just step out of the picture.
ES: Creo que me iré.
EN: Mr Nifty has passed me right out of the picture.
ES: El Sr. Nifty me ha dejado al margen.
EN: Stepping out of the picture. Handing the town right over to Joe Milano.
ES: Dejando que todo se vaya a pique y entregándole la ciudad a Joe Milano.
EN: He finally knocked me out, out of a job, out of money, out of friends, and right out of the picture business.
ES: Sin trabajo, sin dinero, sin amigos y fuera del negocio del cine. Pero puedes volver.
EN: If he's that man, I might as well bow out of the picture.
ES: Si está él, yo debería salir de la foto.
EN: And the stand-in, worn and wilted, fades out of the picture and business goes on as usual.
ES: La doble se marcha. El negocio sigue como siempre.
EN: Hey, Dodd, you hit something. Watching Cheri out of the picture business is the answer for both of us.
ES: Sacarla del negocio del cine es la respuesta para los dos.
EN: You're cutting me out of the picture! Not out, baby, just down to a whisper.
ES: Vas a eliminarme de la película.
EN: And as long as she loves you, I'll just step out of the picture.
ES: Y si te ama, me haré a un lado.
EN: As long as Baturin is out of the picture I give the orders around here.
ES: Mientras Baturin no esté yo doy las órdenes.
EN: Yeah? From now on, this cowboy's out of the picture, see?
ES: De ahora en adelante ese vaquero se queda al margen, ¿de acuerdo?
EN: If any of you guys are getting nervous and want to drop out of the picture, there's the door.
ES: Si alguno quiere largarse allí tiene la puerta.
EN: The springs are just out of the picture. My Brownie wasn't big enough.
ES: El manantial quedó fuera de la foto por culpa de mi cámara.

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