in over your head
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- sinkingFalling through water
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- deepFar from surface
water · submerged · floundering · gasping · swamped · underwater · panic · desperate · lost · confused · helpless · buried · suffocating · treading · waves · debt · crisis · unprepared
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
- unreadyunprepared, ill-prepared, ill-equipped, unready, not ready
competence/capability
in over your headup to the task
well-equipped · a walk in the park · child's play · second nature · well-qualified
situational control
in over your headin control
Managing with authority
in the driver's seat · on solid ground · calling the shots · comfortable · at ease
risk/safety
in over your headout of harm's way
In a secure position
in the clear · playing it safe · secure · protected · safe and sound