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out of touch
Idioms and Phrases
No longer in contact or communication, as in John and Mark have been out of touch for years , or That speech showed he's out of touch with his constituency . This metaphoric expression alludes to physical contact. [Late 1800s] Also see in touch .Example Sentences
Still, if White brings back Belinda, now as miserable and out of touch as any other wealthy hotel guest, in Season 4 and gives Rothwell room to play, I might tune in.
They can't be more out of touch if they tried.
The Trump administration has issued an order demanding that all national parks remain open amid severe staffing shortages — an action that one conservation group called “reckless and out of touch” as park personnel brace for millions of visitors this summer.
“This order is reckless and out of touch.”
As DA leader John Steenhuisen put it: "The ANC is out of touch with the people, and if they bought their own groceries or filled their own tanks, they would know how expensive life already is."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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