in over one's head

Meaning: Beyond one's capability (sentence 1); to have taken on more than one can cope with (sentence 2).

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Body & Senses

More idioms — Body & Senses

• it's no skin off someone's nose — It has no effect on someone or it is of no concern to someone.
• keep one's head above water — To just barely manage to stay ahead, financially (sentence 1) or with one's work or respo…
• keep one's nose to the grindstone — To work hard without rest.
• knee-high to a grasshopper — Very young.
• laugh all the way to the bank — To be proved right or successful in the face of scorn, particularly as regards money.
• lead someone around by the nose — To dominate someone; to force someone to do something.

More English idioms

• lend someone an ear — To listen to someone.
• like water off a duck's back — Having no effect on someone.
• look down one's nose at someone or something — To be snobbish about someone or something.
• make one's blood boil — To cause someone to become extremely angry.
• make one's mouth water — To make one salivate in anticipation of something good.
• millstone around one's neck — A burden or handicap, or a source of worry or concern.

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