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(all) at sea (about something)

Fig. to be confused; to be lost and bewildered. (Alludes to being lost at sea.) When it comes to higher math, John is totally at sea.

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At Sea Lion's Neck, where the great sea lions sit on the edge of the surf, he flung himself flipper-overhead into the cool water and rocked there, gasping miserably. The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context The ship was no sooner out of the Humber than the wind began to blow and the sea to rise in a most frightful manner; and, as I had never been at sea before, I was most inexpressibly sick in body and terrified in mind. Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context There'll be mischief done at sea, I expect, before long. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context			at loggerheads at loose ends at low ebb at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level at service at sixes and sevens at some time sharp at stake at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the best of times at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the cutting edge at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of rope at the end of the day at the expense of at the forefront			at priority call AT PT At quiet at random at random at random at random at random At regard of at regular intervals at request at rest at rest at rest at rest at rest at right angles at right angles at risk at risk at risk at risk at risk at risk At Risk Placement Next At Risk Rule At Risk Rules At roost At rovers At Sachem Farm at sea at sea level At Sea Observer Program At Sea Tactical Exercise At second hand at service at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at side at side at side at side AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight at sign at sign at sign at signs at signs at signs at sixes and sevens at sixes and sevens at sixes and sevens at some length

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