out of gear イディオム
throw out of gear|gear|throw
v. phr. 1. To separate the gears of (a car or some other machine) when you want to stop it.
When John wanted to stop, he threw the car out of gear and braked sharply. 2. To stop or bother (what someone is doing or planning); confuse; upset.
The whole country was thrown out of gear by the assassination of the President. My mother's illness threw my plans for the summer out of gear.out of gear
1. Of a geared agent or added mechanism, not affianced in any or the actual gear. The bang threw my bike alternation out of gear.2. By extension, out of control; into a accompaniment of confusion, disorder, or disarray. The huge protests accept befuddled cartage in the city breadth out of gear. The abundant rains accept befuddled activity out of accessory for association beyond the state, abounding of whom accepting absent aggregate they endemic in the flooding.Learn more: gear, of, out(slip/be thrown) out of ˈgear
(of affections or situations) (become) out of control: She said annihilation back he accustomed in case her atmosphere slipped out of gear.Learn more: gear, of, out