C1idiomcommunicationIELTS-friendly
go over someone's head
USUK
to be too difficult for someone to understand
At work 'go over someone's head' also means to go to their boss, which is a different idiom sense. Here it is understanding.
In context
The lecture on tax law went completely over my head.
The technical details went over her head, so the engineer drew a picture.
More idioms about communication
- a bone of contentiona subject that people keep arguing about
- a broken recordsomeone who keeps repeating the same thing in an annoying way
- a heart-to-heartan honest, private conversation about personal feelings
- a moot pointUK: a question still open to argument. US: a question that no longer matters in practice.
- a red herringa fact or idea that takes attention away from the real issue