| 单词 | to be in over one's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be in over one's head (ii) colloquial (originally U.S.). to be in over one's head: to be involved in something that is beyond one's capacity, or too difficult for one to deal with. Cf. out of one's depth at depth n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1888 H. Clews Twenty-eight Years Wall Street lix. 680 It was a Waterloo..for Jerome and his fellow bulls. They were in over their heads... They immediately threw up the sponge and the stock came down with a crash. 1900 M. G. Morrison Sea-farers 107 ‘I will give you five thousand dollars to start in an honest business.’.. ‘I'm in too deep. I'm in over my head... Can't you understand?’ 1965 L. Roman P.S. I love You i. 30 You see, all through our marriage I'd been wondering if maybe I was in over my head. 2008 Vanity Fair Feb. 123/2 Indiana Jones gets in over his head and he can't handle it. It's only by sheer, last-second skill, or luck,..that he actually gets himself out of it. < as lemmas |
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