be out of the ark

be out of the ark

To be very outdated or old-fashioned. You can't wear a dress like that, at least until you're 80. Come on, it's clearly out of the ark! Everything at Grandma's house is out of the ark—shag carpeting, wood paneling, basically a whole lot of yikes. Yes, his glasses are totally out of the ark, but he's actually not that old.
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be out of the ˈark

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went out with the ˈark

(British English, spoken) (of an object or a custom) extremely old or old-fashioned: She was using a dictionary that was straight out of the ark.This idiom refers to a story in the Bible. The ark was a large boat which Noah built to save his family and two of every type of animal from the flood.
See also: ark, of, out
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