out of joint

Definition

Dislocated.

Example Sentences

• "I fell over and put my shoulder out of joint."
• "Fla[via]. Come, Sir Pergamus, till your horse come, you and I'll go play at shuttle-cock. / Per[gamus]. A match i'faith. I love that sport a' life. Yet my mother charged me not to use it for fear of putting my arm out of joint."
• "The time is out of ioynt, O curſed ſpite, / That euer I was borne to ſet it right, […]"