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Sorry, it's beyond me #1 (permalink) Wed Dec 01, 2004 13:00 pm   Sorry, it's beyond me
 

Test No. incompl/elem-31 "Responses (4)", question 5

Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?'
Jane: '.........'

(a) Sorry, it's over me.
(b) Sorry, it's past me.
(c) Sorry, it's beyond me.
(d) Sorry, it's after me.

Test No. incompl/elem-31 "Responses (4)", answer 5

Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?'
Jane: 'Sorry, it's beyond me.'

Correct answer: (c) Sorry, it's beyond me.

Your answer was: incorrect
Mike: 'Then you add the square root and multiply by 67, do you follow?'
Jane: 'Sorry, it's past me.'
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Beyond me #2 (permalink) Wed Dec 01, 2004 13:12 pm   Beyond me
 

This expression simply means that you cannot follow something or you don't understand. You ask why beyond? The only explanation I can give is that it comes from beyond my understandingor going much further than I can understand. There is another expression beyond the blue horizon, which means outside the world as we know it.
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Hello alan #3 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 17:55 pm   Hello alan
 

the expression : sorry,it's beyond me
does it means : out of someone's mind does't it ?can you explain the easy way for me to understand....please.thanks lot
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Hello alan #4 (permalink) Tue May 26, 2009 18:06 pm   Hello alan
 

Nganguyen wrote:
the expression : sorry,it's beyond me
does it means : out of someone's mind does't it ?can you explain the easy way for me to understand....please.thanks lot


No. Someone can be out of his/her mind with worry or with joy.

Something being beyond me simply means that I don't understand it.

In Germany we sometimes say: 'It's too high for me'. It means the very same. It's too difficult for me to understand.
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Sorry, it's beyond me #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:18 am   Sorry, it's beyond me
 

thank you Shyone.I got it.
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Sorry, it's beyond me #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:28 am   Sorry, it's beyond me
 

We can simply understand "beyond me" as "out of my reach", "out of my understanding".
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Sorry, it's beyond me #7 (permalink) Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:59 am   Sorry, it's beyond me
 

Hi alan
i understood very well from you expansion on the word
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