out of line

English

Prepositional phrase

out of line

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see out of,‎ line.
I lost my place when I had to get out of line to find you.
(idiomatic) Inappropriate or unsuitable, especially by reason of being unmannerly or indelicate.
I hope my comments yesterday were not out of line.
Not in a line, straggly.

Synonyms

out of order

Translations

inappropriate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不合適 (zh), 不合适 (zh) (bù héshì)
Dutch: ongepast (nl), buitensporig (nl)
Estonian: kohatu (et)
Finnish: sopimaton (fi)
German: abweichend (de)

Lithuanian: ne vietoje
Polish: niewłaściwy (pl)
Romanian: deplasat (ro)
Russian: не к ме́сту (ne k méstu), неуме́стный (ru) (neuméstnyj)
Tagalog: wala sa tikma

Not in a line

Maori: tīreureu

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