over somebody's head Idioma

a good head

"friendly, generous person; a good egg" Sean is a good head. He'll help at the food bank.

a head start

a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.

a hothead

"a person who gets angry easily; hot tempered" Phil, don't be such a hothead. Try to control your anger.

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.

ahead of time

early We started the meeting ahead of time so we could go home early.

airhead

(See an airhead)

an airhead

a person who talks without thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are baby chickens.

an egghead

a very intelligent person.

at loggerheads

not agreeing, opposed to each other They're at loggerheads over who owns the farm. They don't agree.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

over (one's) head

1. Too complicated to be accepted by one. My jokes consistently assume to go over Stephanie's head, so I'm animated you anticipate I'm funny at least. A lot of this abstruse being is way over my head.2. Bypassing one's authority. She aloof wouldn't accept to me, so I had to go over her arch to her bang-up and accuse about it.3. Lingering as a antecedent of affair or anguish for one. All these bills are blind over my head, and I don't get paid for addition week. I'm so animated that assay is over—it's been over my arch for months.Learn more: head, over

over (someone's) head

1. Describing the act of speaking to one's above rather than talking to one directly. She aloof wouldn't accept to me, so I had to go over her arch to her bang-up and accuse about it.2. Not accepted by one because it is too circuitous or attenuate for their comprehension. My jokes consistently assume to go over Stephanie's head, so I'm animated you anticipate I'm funny at least.Learn more: head, over

above/over somebody’s ˈhead

too difficult for somebody to understand: It was bright from the announcement on his face that the address went absolutely over his head.Learn more: above, head, over

over somebody’s ˈhead

to a college position of ascendancy than somebody: He gets affronted back you go over his arch and allocution to his boss.Learn more: head, over

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