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{ "etymology_text": "Per Noreen Malone’s article in the Intelligencer: “the phrase’s metaphorical use seems to have begun in the finance world. Its first non-skiing print usages came in the early nineties, in publications like Investment Dealers’ Digest. For instance, a 1991 article quoted a “market source” describing a race between Goldman Sachs’ and Lehman Bros.’ preferred stock desk. “Someone said [Lehman] couldn’t get a clean legal opinion on it. They may have been out over their skis a little bit with their structure.””\nhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2012/05/where-did-the-phrase-over-his-skis-come-from.html\nAs in skiing, the person in question has taken a position from which they must quickly back away. Taking a position that one lacks the ability to maintain. Quite normal in skiing, but costly in other fields.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "prepositional phrase", "head": "" }, "expansion": "over one's skis", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "over one's skis", "name": "en-prep phrase" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "prep_phrase", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English idioms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English prepositional phrases", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2016 September 5, Nick Bromberg, “Jim Harbaugh: ESPN commentator ‘way out over his skis’ speculating on player suspension”, in Yahoo Sports, retrieved 2016-12-13", "text": "[T]he Michigan coach said Cunningham was “way out over his skis” in projecting that Lewis’ absence was due to more than a minor injury.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "Acting or speaking prematurely; getting ahead of oneself." ], "links": [ [ "Acting", "act" ], [ "speak", "speak" ], [ "prematurely", "prematurely" ], [ "getting ahead of oneself", "get ahead of oneself" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(idiomatic) Acting or speaking prematurely; getting ahead of oneself." ], "tags": [ "idiomatic" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "out over one's skis" }, { "word": "in front of one's skis" }, { "word": "ahead of one's skis" } ], "word": "over one's skis" }
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