out of your depth
/ˌaʊt əv jə ˈdepθ/NEUTRAL · C2
中文對應近似對應
力不從心
字面意思: «到了你踩不到底的深水裡»
意思
without enough knowledge or skill to deal with something
缺乏應對某事的知識或能力.
例句
- 1On my first day in the advanced class, I felt completely out of my depth.
- 2Leo was out of his depth when his boss asked him to run the whole project alone.
- 3Maria had never cooked for more than four people, so she was out of her depth at the wedding dinner.
- 4Are you sure you won't be out of your depth, teaching physics with an arts degree?
- 5The questions in the final round were so hard that even our best player was out of his depth.
文法
常用於 be 或 feel 之後。your 隨主詞變化:my、her、their。
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