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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)

  1. (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.