over your head
Meaning: If something you hear or read is over your head, or goes over your head, you don't understand it because the language or the ideas are too advanced for you.
For example:
- I tried listening to a show on the radio about modern physics, but most of it was over my head and I gave up after about ten minutes.
- Jerry told a really funny joke about the economics of the cheese industry, and it went right over Tom's head. He didn't even smile.
Quick Quiz:
I could tell the lecture had gone over my student's head because he
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