Daily English Idioms Go over your head

go over your head

welcome to day eight of the special

edition of speak English with Tiffany I

am teacher Tiffany and in this episode I

will teach you exactly how to use the

English body idiom go over your head are

you ready

well then let’s jump right in

the idiom go over your head can be

defined in three different ways the

first definition of this idiom is go to

a more important or powerful person to

get what you want the second definition

of this idiom is to take an issue to

someone who has more authority than your

own boss and the third definition of

this idiom is to be too difficult for

someone to understand so whenever you

think of your head you can also think of

the English idiom go over your head

now let’s see how you can practically

use this idiom in real life first you

can use go over your head

when speaking about being angry

sometimes at work employees do things

that upset their employers at these

times the idiom can be used like this I

was furious that he went over my head

and complained to my manager second you

can use go over your head when talking

about complaining when people want to

make a complaint they usually look for

someone who is in charge at these times

the idiom can be used like this she

would occasionally

go over her managers head to complain to

the top financial officer

third you can use go over your head when

talking about someone who jokes around

when people joke around a lot sometimes

other people misunderstand what they are

trying to say at these times the idiom

can be used like this she was being

sarcastic but he took her seriously the

joke totally went over his head fourth

you can use go over your head when

talking about being in class when

professors teach new information it is

sometimes hard for their students to

understand at these times the idiom can

be used like this the students did not

understand what the teacher said her

explanation went completely over their

heads and finally fifth you can use go

over your head when speaking about being

in meetings when people are in a long

meeting sometimes it is hard to

understand all of the presentations at

these times the idiom can be used like

this a lot of what was said in the

meeting went right over my head go over

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