Talk:nose out of joint

Definition is a bit off

IMO it's not quite right to say a "nose out of joint" is "an emotional state", because you can't be "in" one. Unsure how to rephrase it though. Equinox ◑ 22:24, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

The headword doesn't seem ideal either because "out of joint" is not subordinate to "nose" — i.e. "put X's nose out of joint" is syntactically more akin to "buy milk from a shop" than "buy milk from a cow". Equinox ◑ 16:28, 12 December 2018 (UTC)