Over one's head

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4
Meaning

Beyond one's capability to understand something

हिंदी अर्थ

सिर के ऊपर से निकल जाना

Example sentences

That chapter was over his head until one example arrived.

Over one's head is a stage and not a verdict.

Daily use: Ye mere head ke upar hai.

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Memory trick · Prashant Sir

Class में students कहते हैं, 'सर, सिर के ऊपर से जा रहा है, bouncer जा रहा है।' Bouncer बल्लेबाज़ के सिर के ऊपर से निकल जाता है, पकड़ में नहीं आता। यही है over one's head — समझ से परे।

Students often say, 'Sir, it is going over my head — it is a bouncer!' A bouncer in cricket flies over the batsman's head and he cannot touch it. A topic that goes over your head is one you cannot grasp at all.

Exam note

इसका meaning 'too difficult to understand' है। Options में opposite 'crystal clear' और abstruse, at sea, lucidity जैसे शब्द आते हैं।

It means 'too difficult to understand'. Options set it against 'crystal clear' and use words like abstruse, at sea and lucidity.

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