Yuan
Hello, hope you all are doing well. Came across a sentence “singles are looking for emotionally mature partner. The so called bad boys and bad girls are out, emotional maturity is in”. I can roughly understand the meaning of that, but still haven’t got the usage of “… be out, … be in”. Does it mean the latter is replacing the former?
2024年6月6日 05:18
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'out' and 'in', here, refer to fashion. Things are in fashion or out of fashion but you don't need 'fashion' if it's clear from the context. Boot-cut jeans are out. Skinny jeans are in. So in a sense it means one has replaced the other, but it's in terms of what the current fashion or trend is.
2024年6月6日
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‘To be in’ and ‘to be out’ are informal ways of indicating whether something is trendy or popular. Note that in written English, you don’t omit the personal pronoun. I hope you are doing well. I came across the sentence …
2024年6月6日
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You have the general idea :). Bad boys and bad girls are usually synonymous with young people who pursue momentary pleasure and tend to lack maturity. The emotionally mature partner is the opposite-- a bit older, calmer, more mature. To be out or in is similar to the idea of 风行一时 - some things are popular for a while and then their popularity fades. Hope this helps :)
2024年6月6日
"out" abd "in" mean "exclude" and "include" here
2024年6月6日
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