on the outs (with somebody)American EnglishAmE informal arguing or not agreeing with someone (与某人)不和的,(和某人)争吵的 Wilson is on the outs with his family because of his relationship with that woman. 威尔逊因为和那个女人的关系而与家人不和。
on the outs (with somebody)• I was always on the outs.• Because of a dispute over a silver tea service, E1 and Rhoda had been on the outs for thirty years.• But even in labor we were on the outs.
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