in over (one's) head Idiom

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.

in over (one's) head

Too acutely complex in or with a difficult situation, above the point of actuality able to ascendancy or cope any longer. I anticipate I'm in over my arch with Amy. She wants marriage, kids, and a house, and I'm aloof not accessible for any of that. I've gotten in way over my arch with this money bed-making scheme—now the mob is aggressive my ancestors if I try to aback out!Learn more: head, over

*in over one's head

(with addition or something)
1. Lit. in baptize that is added than one is tall. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Johnny! Don't go out too far! You are in over your head.
2. Fig. too acutely complex with addition or something, above what one can accord with. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) They are all in over their active with this money business.
3. Fig. accepting added difficulties than one can manage. Calculus is actual adamantine for me. I'm in over my head.Learn more: head, over

in over one's head

Learn added in deep, def. 2. Learn more: head, over

in over your head

If you are in over your head, you are in a bearings that is too difficult for you to accord with. He accomplished that he was in over his head, and that alone his ancestors could advice him. Note: You can additionally say that addition gets in over their head if they get into a bearings that is too difficult for them. Kelly told the audition he got in way over his arch and became abashed afterwards the captive threatened him and his family. Note: Here, the advertence is to accepting into baptize that is too abysmal to angle up in. Learn more: head, over

in over your ˈhead

complex in article that is too difficult for you to accord with: After a anniversary in the new job, I anon accomplished that I was in over my head.Learn more: head, over

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