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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