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talk_over_someone's_head
talk over someone's head
English
Verb
talk over someone's head (third-person singular simple present talks over someone's head, present participle talking over someone's head, simple past and past participle talked over someone's head)
- (idiomatic) To communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
- 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, Pocket Books (2001), ISBN 0743475437, unnumbered page:
- NASA was often accused of talking over the public's head.
- 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, Pocket Books (2001), ISBN 0743475437, unnumbered page: