BBC Learning English
The English We Speak
24 September 2013
Out of the picture
(Finn is visiting Feifei)
Feifei: Hi Finn. I am glad you could come to my house to take a picture of my
special friend.
Finn: My pleasure, Feifei. I take pride in being a great photographer. I brought
some of my best pictures.
Feifei: Let me have a look.
Finn: Yes. I took this one during a trip to Paris.
Feifei: I remember. The trip you took last summer with your girlfriend Ann.
Finn: Oh, Ann& She is out of the picture. Look at the Eiffel Tower. I bet you've
never seen it from this angle.
Feifei: And this other one&
Finn: Yes, yes. This other one I took at a dinner party in my flat.
Feifei: Yes, with your flatmate Johnny.
Finn: My ex-flatmate "Dirty Socks" Johnny. He is out of the picture too.
Feifei: Finn, I can see him in this photo and & you keep talking about having
your friends out of the picture& I want my friend to be in the picture!
Finn: Oh, Feifei, no. Ann and Johnny appear in some of my snaps. But Ann is
not my girlfriend anymore. She ran away with a Frenchman&
Feifei: Oh& and what happened to Johnny?
Finn: "Dirty Socks" Johnny moved out. He used to leave his socks everywhere!
Feifei: Oh, so you are no longer in touch with them.
Finn: Exactly. In English, when we say someone is "out of the picture" we mean
we don't count on them anymore. They are no longer involved in a
particular situation. Let's hear some examples.
Examples
Divorce was good for Mrs Jones. She looks very happy with her husband out of the
picture.
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My team is bound to lose this weekend now that our best player is out of the picture.
He broke his leg yesterday.
Finn: So now that this is clear, where is your special someone? Shall we go out
into the garden? The lighting is really good outside. I'll take a great
picture!
Feifei: Follow me.
(Outdoors)
Feifei: Here's my special friend!
Finn: But this& Feifei, this is a hamster!
Finn: Yes! My pet's name is "Cutie Pie"! Oh my little sweetie, little friend! Isn't
he cute, Finn?
Finn: He is not very photogenic, I'm afraid, Feifei.
Feifei: Come on, Finn. Look at him! (to the hamster) Sweetie yummy come to
mummy. You're going to be in the picture! Yes, you are!
Finn: Oh dear! I can kiss goodbye to my career as a serious photographer...
Feifei: Bye.
Finn: Bye.
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