Meaning of IN OVER YOUR HEAD - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles #shorts

So in English when you are in over your head it means that you've agreed to do something

Entonces, en inglés, cuando estás por encima de tu cabeza, significa que has acordado hacer algo

that you're not actually able to do, and not capable of doing.

que en realidad no eres capaz de hacer y que no eres capaz de hacer.

Maybe you don't even know how to do it.

Tal vez ni siquiera sepas cómo hacerlo.

So a great example would, maybe your brother and his wife have gone away for a weekend

Entonces, un gran ejemplo sería, tal vez tu hermano y su esposa se fueron por un fin de semana

and you told them that you would paint their house while they were gone, but you've never

y les dijiste que pintarías su casa mientras no estaban, pero nunca

ever painted a house before.

antes habías pintado una casa.

You don't know the first thing about painting a house.

No sabes nada sobre pintar una casa.

This would be an example of a situation where you are in over your head.

Este sería un ejemplo de una situación en la que estás por encima de tu cabeza.

So you've agreed to do something that you are not capable of doing, that you don't even

Así que has accedido a hacer algo que no eres capaz de hacer, que ni siquiera

have the knowledge to do it.

tienes el conocimiento para hacerlo.

The same could be true if you told your brother that you would fix his car, and you have no

Lo mismo podría ser cierto si le dijeras a tu hermano que arreglarías su auto, y no tienes

idea how to fix a car, and as soon as you got started you realize quickly that you are

idea de cómo arreglar un auto, y tan pronto como empiezas, te das cuenta rápidamente de que estás pasando

in over head.

por alto.