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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
In way...
Clark: How you doing?
Lana: To be honest, I'm in way over my head. All I wanted to do is help Chloe. Now
I feel like I've screwed up everything.
What does the underlined mean?
Lana: To be honest, I'm in way over my head. All I wanted to do is help Chloe. Now
I feel like I've screwed up everything.
What does the underlined mean?
Top answer
Involved in something that requires more ability than she possesses. The metaphor is from swimming - think of being in deep water when you cannot swim.
- Involved in something that requires more ability than she possesses.
- The metaphor is from swimming - think of being in deep water when you cannot swim.
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Involved in something that requires more ability than she possesses. The metaphor is from swimming - think of being in deep water when you cannot swim.
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I know the meaning of 'over one's head' but this in way worried me.
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"Way" intensifies the distance, or in this case depth. Short for "away," I think.
He lives way down the road.
You have to go way up on the fortieth floor to get refills.
The store's way the heck [or h*ll] out in the boondocks on Highway 83.
He lives way down the road.
You have to go way up on the fortieth floor to get refills.
The store's way the heck [or h*ll] out in the boondocks on Highway 83.
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Yes. She might have simply been in "over her head," but she was in "way over her head."
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