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GCheng620 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

On the outs

Can anybody else offer an even more casual/common equivalent to this expression?
Because last time I said this to a native speaker, she was totally confused over the phrase and I don't really have an accent when speaking English:)

Thanks in advance
  

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"On the outs" is quite old. I didn't know anyone still used it. Do you mean that you are on the outs?

— Avangi

  • "On the outs" is quite old.
  • I didn't know anyone still used it.
  • Do you mean that you are on the outs?
  • Or that your relationship is on the outs?
  • " I scoured the net (even Urban Dictionary) and didn't find anything convincing.
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"On the outs" is quite old. I didn't know anyone still used it.

Do you mean that you are on the outs? Or that your relationship is on the outs?

If it's just you, you might say, "I know I'm in the doghouse." (That's quite common.)

Or you can ask: "Am I in the doghouse?"

I scoured the net (even Urban Dictionary) and didn't find anyth
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Avangi Do you mean that you are on the outs?
I did not even know that this word could be used this way. Is it used to indicate that someone is OUTSIDE? Not in any kind of a space-confined place?
Avangi Or that your relationship is on the outs?
THIS is what I meant.
I usually say "I'm on the outs with somebody" but app
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My wife says, "You're out of my books!"
I also hear, "I was on the outside looking in."

If you're "in the dog house," you're outside of the main house.
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AvangiMy wife says, "You're out of my books!" I also hear, "I was on the outside looking in."If you're "in the dog house," you're outside of the main house. You've been "kicked out" of the house.These expressions are all figurative.
Yes I'm familiar with all of them:)
I just got confused because you said that one can be "ON THE OUTS",
I thought you mea
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AvangiMy wife says, "You're out of my books!" I also hear, "I was on the outside looking in."If you're "in the dog house," you're outside of the main house. You've been "kicked out" of the house.These expressions are all figurative.
As the dictionary indicates, the phrase of "being on the outs" can only mean to be on unfriendly term with someone, nothin
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