over the head
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, head.
- She hit me over the head with a baseball bat.
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Dished out in an overly censorious way.
- After I said that, they would not give me a break. They just kept beating me over the head with it.
- Her exploration of emotion, too, is slightly muted. You have to stop and consult yourself. Pain — or joy or passion — creep up afterwards. These poems never hit you over the head.1982 August 28, Andrea Loewenstein, “Becker's Experience Talks Back”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 7, page 11:
- Related terms
- over one's head, hang over someone's head