over one's head
Example Sentences
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Paralyzing traffic is one symptom; the increasingly absurd price of putting a roof over one’s head is another.
From New York Times • May 7, 2018
Pouring a bucket of ice water over one’s head, quite frankly, is.
From Salon • Aug. 21, 2014
For others, any roof over one’s head is better than none.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2011
For cash-squeezed consumers by the millions, shopping on credit for everything from a new suit of clothing, to cars, kitchen appliances, even a roof over one's head, is increasingly painful.
From Time Magazine Archive
What a boon it will be, on a hot summer's day, to have an umbrella comfortably held over one's head, while the hands are free to guide the wheel!
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 19, March 18, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
