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"in over your head" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an idiomatic expression used as an informal way of saying that someone is in a situation that is too difficult for them to handle. Example sentence: "Mike quickly realized he was in over his head when his professor assigned a project that was much more difficult than he had expected."
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Just jump in, jump in over your head!
Sometimes you feel like you're in over your head.
"It's easy to get in over your head," Hicks says.
"You've shown us from London to Libya that you're in over your head".
"The worst mistake in this business is to be in over your head," he said.
I don't know whether you're in over your head on your mortgage, for instance.
When you went slumming for research, did you ever find yourself in over your head?
And last but not least, remember that it's normal to feel in over your head.
The third choice is to strike off half-cocked into unfamiliar territory — and quickly get in over your head.
Cruz's suggestion "doesn't make you sound tough, it makes you sound like you're in over your head," she said.
When you're approaching a new kind of negotiation, you need to be able to recognize when you're in over your head.
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