You’re out of your element Donnie


a phrase often used in reaction to an outsider, or an insider that is simply not listening, when inquiring about details of a conversation that is either

a.not meant for them
or

b.meant for them, but they didn’t listen so the ship has sailed by on them.

made popular in the motion picture
“the big lebowski” character “walter koveks”(played by john goodman)
who coincidentally is actually speaking to a character named donnie(played by steve buscemi).
when steve inquired about jim and williams conversation, williams reply to steve was,
“you’re out of your element donnie!”

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