over one's head
Example Sentences
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As such, it can be easier to get in over one’s head.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Paralyzing traffic is one symptom; the increasingly absurd price of putting a roof over one’s head is another.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2018
Pouring a bucket of ice water over one’s head, quite frankly, is.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2014
For others, any roof over one’s head is better than none.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2011
They'd be under one's feet, over one's head, in one's ear, up against one's stomach, straight in the small of one's back.
From The Dark Forest by Sir Hugh Walpole
