In Over Their Heads

Posted on 20/03/2017 by Tobias M. Schiel

To be in over one’s head, lit. bis über den Kopf drinstecken, equiv. etwas wächst jemandem über den Kopf, fig. (English phrase) to be involved in a difficult situation that you cannot get out of

…and while I look at this picture, a German classic comes to mind: Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe. It is about this magical broom not quite obeying the apprentice… Follow this link for this poem and its English translation.

9 thoughts on “In Over Their Heads”

Paula 13/04/201713:18 Reply

I can only repeat what stadtauge above said 🙂
1. tms 15/04/201714:50
  
  Thanks, Paula! This is one of my favourites from the series.
stadtauge 25/03/201723:00 Reply

G E N I A L !!!
1. tms 26/03/201714:51
  
  WOW! Danke.
Paleica 23/03/201715:44 Reply

ein wirklich geniales bild, das zu jeder einzelnen deiner interpretationen passt. cool!
1. tms 26/03/201714:50
  
  Vielen Dank, es freut mich, wenn es Dir gefällt.
restlessjo 21/03/201709:14 Reply

Brilliant! 🙂 🙂 You are so imaginative with your photography, Tobias! This made me smile and astonished me at the same time.
1. tms 26/03/201714:50
  
  Thank you Jo! And please forgive my answering so late; I have been very busy with tomorrow’s post…
2. restlessjo 26/03/201719:11
  
  It’s never a problem, Tobias. I do appreciate that people have a life outside the blog too. I’ve just arrived in the Algarve to violent thunderstorms 🙂 🙂