"over my head" can someone please define it to me
2006-06-21 18:43:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
There are two possibilities here:
1) "That joke went over my head" - you didn't understand it.
2) "I'm in over my head" - you have gotten into a situation that you can't handle.
2006-06-21 18:49:38 · answer #1 · answered by eggman 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its a swimming terminology, It means your, in a difficult situation, just like a swimmer in trouble who may have the water 'over his head'
2006-06-22 02:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by slartibardfast_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a phrase often used to denote someone who doesn't quite understand something.
Example: "That joke went over my head."
Translation: I didn't understand that joke.
So, if something is over someone's head, it's often just means he/she doesn't understand it.
2006-06-22 01:50:17 · answer #3 · answered by KQ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Over my head" basically means "too complicated for me to understand" as in, the information is not going INTO the head.
2006-06-22 01:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by ethidda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
any of the anwers below or if you added an in infront of the phrase this means that you are struggling to do all that is being asked of you.
2006-06-22 01:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "over my head" is over your head, if you had to ask.
2006-06-22 01:49:02 · answer #6 · answered by tacodog409 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means your head missed the point completely..ie you failed to understand what was said.
2006-06-22 05:24:50 · answer #7 · answered by dsalt17 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that what ever someone was explaining to you, you missed the entire reason that they explained, but only because you didn't understand
2006-06-22 01:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by back2skewl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it means something which you didn't understand
for example:
i didn't understand a word she said. It went over my head
2006-06-22 01:50:45 · answer #9 · answered by swapnarayjain 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'in over my head"- more than u can handle.
"the joke went over my head"- u have no idea what that joke was about.
2006-06-22 02:23:14 · answer #10 · answered by cooky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋