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If you are 'out of your depth', you don't have the necessary knowledge, experience or skill to deal with a particular situation or subject.
- When she started talking about quantum physics, I felt completely out of my depth.
- I'm an engineer. I feel out of my depth when we discuss accounting problems.
- James Blunt is on the crest of the wave in the UK at the moment. You can hear his music everywhere.
- He became successful riding on the wave of using British actors as villains in Hollywood movies.
- Everyone was off sick so I was thrown in at the deep end.
- The best way to learn the job is to be thrown in at the deep end.
- Since they increased my rent, I've been struggling to keep my head above water.
- With the new sponsorship, the team should be able to keep its head above water.
- The company couldn't afford to pay its suppliers and it went under.
- In this economic climate, a lot of businesses will go under.
- If the bank doesn't give us this loan, we could be in deep water.
- He was caught stealing from his company and now he's in deep water.
- We need to make a splash by holding a cocktail party for journalists.
- She made quite a splash when she wore such a small dress to the film premiere.
- The sounds of the telephone were drowned out by the noise from upstairs.
- His speech was drowned out by the chanting from the demonstrators.
- Before you decide to sell your house in England and move to Spain, why not go there for a trial three months to test the water?
- This is a big project. We should test the water before making such a large investment.
- Either this works or we are all out of a job. It's sink or swim.
- You'll get no training here. It's sink or swim.
- He dived into the project with a lot of enthusiasm but not much thought.
- Let's take our time. There's no point in diving into this without thinking.
- I'm just treading water, waiting for a job with a better salary.
- People lose motivation if they think they are just treading water in their careers.
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