English Dictionary

out of the picture

前置詞句

慣用表現 婉語 古風

(idiomatic) Not included in the matter being planned or under consideration; not a factor or participant in the present situation. / (idiomatic, euphemistic) Dead, missing, or incarcerated.

日本語の意味

計画や検討の対象から除外され、関与していない状態 / （婉曲的に）亡くなっている、行方不明である、または服役中である状態

Once the contract was signed, the temporary supplier was out of the picture, and we proceeded with our new vendor.

契約が締結されると、その臨時の供給業者はもはや検討の対象外となり、私たちは新しい業者と取引を進めました。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) Not included in the matter being planned or under consideration; not a factor or participant in the present situation.

Within a year, his scientists had worked out a system that virtually elbowed CBS out of the picture.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Dead, missing, or incarcerated.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, dated) Not suiting or attuned to the situation; incongruous.

Harden-Hickey, in our day, was as incongruous a figure as was the American at the Court of King Arthur; he was as unhappily out of the picture as would be Cyrano de Bergerac on the floor of the Board of Trade.