Definition of in over (one's) head
in over (one's) head 
adjective
- in a situation one can't cope with.
Citation from "Pride", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on May 07 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person. | |
| Definitions include: the problem. | |
| Definitions include: too difficult. | |
| Definitions include: fraught with difficulty. | |
| Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem. | |
| Definitions include: something very difficult. | |
| Definitions include: "impossible". | |
| Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "shit hits the fan". | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
| Definitions include: puzzling or confusing. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: speech one doesn't understand - usually jargon specific to a particular field. | |
| Definitions include: a problem that, in reality, demonstrates one's good fortune. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
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Other terms relating to 'head': | |
| Definitions include: an LSD user. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "dimwit". | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: to face difficulties while trying to solve a problem. | |
| Definitions include: messy hair from sleeping. | |
| Definitions include: conceit. | |
| Definitions include: A totally stupid or useless person | |
| Definitions include: to reprimand. | |
| Definitions include: a female that performs fellatio frequently, or performs it well. | |
| Definitions include: It means to practice fellatio, oral sex. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid. | |
| Definitions include: "air head" someone who is not thinking straight. | |
| Definitions include: a truncated sentence "But-her-head" used to describe someone who's face is ugly | |
| Definitions include: Someone who isn't that smart or isn't nice. | |
| Definitions include: a resident of the state of Wisconsin in the USA. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
Other terms relating to 'over': | |
| Definitions include: See be all over. | |
| Definitions include: pestering a person. | |
| Definitions include: pestering multiple people. | |
| Definitions include: Arse over tip / arse over tit. | |
| Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels". | |
| Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels". | |
| Definitions include: to do something with vigor. | |
| Definitions include: a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen. | |
| Definitions include: to be extremely accommodating. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again." | |
| Definitions include: to give to; hand over. | |
| Definitions include: to go. | |
| Definitions include: to go. | |
| Definitions include: very crazy. | |
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