- beyond someone's ken
- impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience
The floods are a powerful warning that we are messing with forces beyond our ken.
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beyond someone's ken
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beyond someone's ken — beyond someone’s ken phrase impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience The floods are a powerful warning that we are messing with forces beyond our ken. Thesaurus: complicated and difficult to… … Useful english dictionary
be beyond someone's ken — be beyond (someone s) ken if a particular subject is beyond your ken, you do not understand it or know much about it. Don t talk to me about finance it s beyond my ken. Most of Derrida s work is beyond the ken of the average student … New idioms dictionary
ken — ken1 [ ken ] noun uncount beyond someone s ken impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience ken ken 2 [ ken ] verb intransitive or transitive SCOTTISH to know someone or something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ken — I UK [ken] / US noun [uncountable] beyond someone s ken II UK [ken] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms ken : present tense I/you/we/they ken he/she/it kens present participle kenning past tense kent UK [kent] / US or kenned past… … English dictionary
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