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out of one's depth
Idioms and Phrases
Also, beyond one's depth . Outside one's understanding or competence, as in He was out of his depth in that advanced calculus class , or The conductor realized that playing the fugue at the right tempo was beyond their depth . This expression alludes to being in water so deep that one might sink. [c. 1600] Also see over one's head .Example Sentences
The issue takes on a special coloration when the topic under discussion is literally a matter of life or death and when being out of one鈥檚 depth can have serious consequences.
Being out of one鈥檚 depth is an inevitable fate for a Henry Green character.
Depth鈥瞝ess, having no depth.鈥擮ut of one's depth, in water where one cannot touch bottom: in water too deep for one's safety: beyond one's faculties.鈥擳he depths, the lowest pitch of humiliation and misery.
The beach is very steep; and as one gets out of one's depth immediately, indifferent swimmers put on a couple of bladders鈥攚hich stick out behind their backs and produce a strange effect鈥攐r else take a bathing-man into the water with them.
Adv. beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark twine, mark twain.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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