out

08:40 Sep 23, 2023
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / libro romanzo
English term or phrase: out
"Do you wear your dresses like this when you are at home?"
"Mine are high," said Margaret. "I am not 'out,' you know. But you are older than I, and
you used to teach——I think we may consider that you are 'out,'" she added
Francesca Gini
Italy
Local time: 03:34


Summary of answers provided
4 +1antiquato, all'antica, démodé, desueto, d'altri tempi, fuori moda, obsoleto, vecchio
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
2Fuori dal giro
zerlina


  

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Fuori dal giro


Explanation:
Grosso modo è qualcosa del genere :-)

zerlina
Italy
Local time: 03:34
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PRO pts in category: 144
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
antiquato, all'antica, démodé, desueto, d'altri tempi, fuori moda, obsoleto, vecchio


Explanation:
Nel linguaggio colloquiale (slang), out significa antiquato, all'antica, démodé, desueto, d'altri tempi, fuori moda, obsoleto, vecchio

contesto
"Do you wear your dresses like this when you are at home?"
"Mine are high," said #. "I am not 'out,' you know. But you are older than I, and
you used to teach - I think we may consider that you are 'out,'" she added

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Note added at 2 hrs (2023-09-23 11:27:25 GMT)
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(tu) sei antidiluviano
(tu) sei un matusalemme


Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 03:34
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 109

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michela Macrì: I agree with you Cristina, here It probably means out of fashion that is fuori moda or, figuratively, impopolare.
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