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out of one's league en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others whose accomplishments, preparedness, or other characteristics are on a significantly higher or lower level than one's own.
    • He has an unwitting instructor in his cocky, bullying co-worker and pal, Kent (Pablo Schreiber), a slimeball whose knockout wife, Carly (Piper Perabo), is way out of his league. 2008 June 3, Laura Collins-Hughes, “Neil LaBute Finds Reasons To Be Nice”, in New York Sun (theatre review), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2008:
    • Feel her breath in my face / Her body close to me / Can't look in her eyes / She's out of my league 1987, Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz, “She's Like the Wind”, performed by Patrick Swayze:
  2. (idiomatic) Out of one's depth; in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle.
    • Most U.S. authors trying to depict European sophistication seem indefinably out of their league, like children sashaying around in grown-up shoes. 1964 May 15, “Also Current (book reviews)”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2012:
    • These questions are out of my league, please let me ask a higher-up.
  3. (idiomatic) Too good or too expensive for one.
    • An expensive car is out of your league right now, don't you think?

Relateds

outkick one's coverage

Synonyms

out of one's depth · beyond one's depth · beyond one's scope

Translations (13)

fi heikolla jäällä (in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle) · fi eri sarjassa (in a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others) · ro a nu fi de nasul cuiva (too good or too expensive) · de eine Nummer zu groß für jemanden (in a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others) · fr au-dessus de ses moyens (too good or too expensive) · es quedarle grande (algo a alguien) (in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle) · ru не по карма́ну (too good or too expensive) · ru не по зуба́м (in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle) · ru не по плечу́ (in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle) · es fuera de su liga (in a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others) · ru далеко́ (in a situation in which one is mismatched with one or more others) · es fuera del alcance (too good or too expensive) · fi liian hieno (too good or too expensive)