Beyond one’s depth
see: out of one’s depth
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- Beyond one's means
Too costly for one, more than one can afford. For example, A second vacation this year is well beyond our means. The noun means here signifies “resources at one’s disposal,” a usage current since Shakespeare’s time, as in Measure for Measure (2:2): “Let her have needful, but not lavish means.” [ Late 1800s ]
- Beyond price
the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price on his head. the sum of money, or other consideration, for which a person’s support, consent, etc., may be […]
- Beyond reach
see under in reach Contemporary Examples Rupert Murdoch Bares Media’s Reach to Leveson Inquiry on Phone Hacking Nicholas Wapshott April 27, 2012 Cut the Baloney on Ukraine Leslie H. Gelb March 8, 2014 Historical Examples Before Adam Jack London Richard Carvel, Complete Winston Churchill Our Village Mary Russell Mitford Beyond the Frontier Randall Parrish The […]
- Beyond question
a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply. a problem for discussion or under discussion; a matter for investigation. a matter of some uncertainty or difficulty; problem (usually followed by of): It was simply a question of time. a subject of dispute or controversy. a proposal to […]
- Beyond recall
Irreversible, irretrievable, as in We can’t repair this screen—it’s beyond recall, or It’s too late to cancel our plans—they’re beyond recall. This idiom employs recall in the sense of revoking or annulling something. [ Mid-1600s ] Historical Examples The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 Various Problems of Expansion Whitelaw […]