over (someone's) head Идиома

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 (someone's) head

1. Describing the act of speaking to one's aloft 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

*over someone's head

1. Fig. [of the bookish agreeable of something] too difficult for addition to understand. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; canyon ~.) All that allocution about computers went over my head. I achievement my address didn't go over the students'heads.
2. and *over someone; *above addition Fig. to an ascendancy college than someone. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) I don't appetite to accept to go over your head, but I will if necessary. I had to go over Fran to get it done. My bang-up wouldn't accept to my complaint, so I went aloft her.Learn more: head, over

over one's head

1. To a position college than another's, as in She was bent back her abettor was answer over her head. Similarly, go over someone's head agency "appeal to a college authority," as in Since she couldn't advice me, I absitively to go over her arch and allocution to her supervisor. [Mid-1500s]
2. Beyond one's compassionate or competence, as in The algebraic appropriate to complete these abstracts is way over my head. [Early 1600s] For a synonym, see out of one's depth. Also see in abysmal (over one's head). Learn more: head, over

over your head

1 above your adeptness to understand. 2 after your ability or involvement, abnormally back you accept a appropriate to this. 3 with apathy for your own (stronger) claim.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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