(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:離開地面
eng:to be detached, lifted, separated from the surface of the ground; to be above ground
<eg>
yue:架車轉彎時後轆離咗地，好彩冇反！ (gaa3 ce1 zyun3 waan1 si4 hau6 luk1 lei4 zo2 dei6, hou2 coi2 mou5 faan2!)
eng:The car's rear wheels lifted off the ground during the turn. Luckily the car did not flip over!
<eg>
yue:美國嘅自由神像嗰支火炬離地有廿層樓咁高。 (mei5 gwok3 ge3 zi6 jau4 san4 zoeng6 go2 zi1 fo2 geoi6 lei4 dei6 jau5 jaa6 cang4 lau2 gam3 gou1.)
eng:The torch of the Statue of Liberty is about 20-stories tall from the ground.

(pos:形容詞)(label:潮語)
<explanation>
yue:形容人脫離基層大眾嘅處境而持有一啲不切實際嘅諗法，作出唔切合實際狀況嘅行為，或者講出刻薄嘅言論
eng:out of touch; used to describe people who have impractical ideas, take actions that are impractical, or make callous comments, due to their ignorance of what the situation is like for the less privileged
<eg>
yue:而家噉嘅樓價，啲人仲話只係買唔到樓嘅人唔努力，真係離地到爆！ (ji4 gaa1 gam2 ge3 lau4 gaa3, di1 jan4 zung6 waa6 zi2 hai6 maai5 m4 dou2 lau2 ge3 jan4 m4 nou5 lik6, zan1 hai6 lei4 dei6 dou3 baau3!)
eng:Even with real estate prices being where they are now, some folks are still saying anybody who can't afford property is lazy. Talk about out of touch!
<eg>
yue:連一碟粟米班腩飯幾錢都唔知，真係好離地囉！ (lin4 jat1 dip6 suk1 mai5 baan1 naam5 faan6 gei2 cin2 dou1 m4 zi1, zan1 hai6 hou2 lei4 dei6 lo1!)
eng:He doesn't even know the price of sweet-corn and fish on rice (a very common dish, esp. in student canteens), so, yes, he is way out of touch (with the lives of the common people).