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Meanings
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Not suitable for one in one's current rank in an organization; suitable for someone more senior, implying that one is not competent enough or not paid well enough to deal with the problem.
I don't know how you explain to someone that "Nigger Toes" is offensive. It's above my paygrade. On some level, I feel like it's explaining basic manners.
2011 October 4, Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Sprawling Chasm”, in The Atlantic:Will there ever be another Parks and Rec reunion? wryape I doubt it, but that’s above my pay grade.
2026 April 23, Rich Pelley, quoting Adam Scott, “Severance star Adam Scott: ‘There’s nothing wrong with being told that you resemble Tom Cruise’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Translations (1)
nl boven zijn niveau (not suitable for one's rank)