OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 48953

out of one's league

Meanings (ES + gloss)
fuera de su liga
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.
Feel her breath in my face / Her body close to me / Can't look in her eyes / She's out of my league
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.
quedarle grande (algo a alguien)
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.
These questions are out of my league, please let me ask a higher-up.
fuera del alcance
Too good or too expensive for one.
An expensive car is out of your league right now, don't you think?
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