beyond someone's grasp
The idiom "beyond someone's grasp" is used to describe something that is too difficult for someone to understand or achieve.
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Definition
B2General
(informal)Too difficult for someone to understand.
Example
- The advanced physics lecture was beyond my grasp.
B2General
(informal)Impossible for someone to achieve.
Example
- Winning the championship seemed beyond their grasp.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "beyond someone's grasp":
out of reachbeyond one's pay gradeover one's headabove oneselfgo over someone's headbeyond measureout of one's leagueout of one's depthreach pastwithin reachbeyond the paleout of handout of touch