Idiom
huckleberry above one's persimmon
Meaning
Something beyond one's power or ability.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That difficult math problem is a huckleberry above my persimmon.”
“I tried to fix the broken engine myself, but it was a huckleberry above my persimmon.”
“Attempting to negotiate the complex international treaty without any prior experience proved to be a huckleberry above his persimmon.”
Examples
simple
“That difficult math problem is a huckleberry above my persimmon.”
contextual
“I tried to fix the broken engine myself, but it was a huckleberry above my persimmon.”
complex
“Attempting to negotiate the complex international treaty without any prior experience proved to be a huckleberry above his persimmon.”
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