beyond my ken

beyond my ken
выше моего понимания, за пределами моих познаний

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  • Beyond Our Ken — (1958 1964) was a radio programme, the predecessor to Round the Horne (1965 1968). Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with announcer Douglas Smith. The name is a pun on Kenneth… …   Wikipedia

  • beyond our ken — If something s beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • beyond your ken — idiom (old fashioned) if sth is beyond your ken, you do not know enough about it to be able to understand it Main entry: ↑kenidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • beyond our ken — Meaning Beyond our understanding. Origin Ken also means knowledge. Used as the title of the 50s BBC radio show Beyond Our Ken , where the Ken was Kenneth Horne …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • beyond our ken —    If something s beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Beyond our ken —   If something s beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • Beyond Our Ken (film) — Infobox Film name = Beyond Our Ken image size = caption = director = Pang Ho Cheung producer = Catherine Hun writer = Pang Ho Cheung Wong Wing Sze narrator = starring = Gillian Chung Daniel Wu music = Wong Ai Lun Janet Yung cinematography =… …   Wikipedia

  • beyond someone's ken — beyond someone’s ken phrase impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience The floods are a powerful warning that we are messing with forces beyond our ken. Thesaurus: complicated and difficult to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ken — [ken] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: ken to know, recognize (13 21 centuries), from Old English cennan to make known and Old Norse kenna to be aware, understand ] beyond your ken if something is beyond your ken, you have no knowledge or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Ken — Ken, n. Cognizance; view; especially, reach of sight or knowledge. Beyond his ken. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Above the reach and ken of a mortal apprehension. South. [1913 Webster] It was relief to quit the ken And the inquiring looks of men.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ken — [ken] vt. kenned, kenning [ME kennen < OE cennan, lit., to cause to know < * kannjan < base of CAN1, akin to Ger kennen, ON kenna, to know] 1. Scot. to know 2. Archaic to see; look at; descry 3. Now Chiefly Dial. to recognize …   English World dictionary


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