out of one's league
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
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.
prep_phrase
Out of one's depth; in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "These questions are out of my league, please let me ask a higher-up."
- "Most U.S. authors trying to depict European sophistication seem indefinably out of their league, like children sashaying around in grown-up shoes."
- "An expensive car is out of your league right now, don't you think?"