Daily English Idioms In over ones head
in over one’s head welcome to day 11 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 in
over one’s head are you ready
well then let’s jump right in
the idiom in over one’s head can be
defined in three different ways the
first definition of this idiom is to be
more than one can handle the second
definition of this idiom is a person has
more difficulties or problems than they
can manage and the third definition of
this idiom is one is too deeply involved
with something or someone so whenever
you think of your head you can also
think of the English idiom in over one’s
head now let’s see how you can
practically use this idiom in real life
first
you can use in over one’s head when
speaking about an addiction when a
person gets addicted to something they
sometimes do things that they never
thought they would ever do at these
times the idiom can be used like this
Shawn tried to pay his gambling debts
but he was in over his head second you
can use in over one’s head when you are
working with a time line when someone is
working against a time line they usually
have to rush to get lots of work done at
these times the idiom can be used like
this Marc wanted to finish the project
quickly but he realized that he was in
over his head
third you can use in over one’s head
when you are super busy when you get
super busy you usually do not have any
extra time to do anything else at these
times the idiom can be used like this
everyone could tell that the man was in
over his head
fourth you can use in over one’s head
when speaking about someone who is
dealing with money and life when someone
is trying to balance money and their
life they usually get very busy at these
times the idiom can be used like this
even though Samantha was in over her
head she was still able to stay calm and
finally fifth you can use in over one’s
head when speaking about a difficulty
when you experience difficulties it is
usually hard to handle a lot of
responsibility at these times the idiom
can be used like this have you ever
found yourself in over your head in over
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