out of the picture
①not important to or not involved in a situation不重要；未参与。
②unnecessary in a particular situation不必要，多余。
扩展the pictures = the cinema电影院，如Let's go to the pictures tonight.今晚我们去看电影吧。

【例句】
He used to be an important member of the team, but he's gradually drifted out of the picture.
他以前是队里的成员，但渐渐退出了。

The new systems cut humans out of the picture altogether.
新系统完全无需人的参与。