at sea(2)

at sea(2)
{adj. phr.} Not knowing what to do; bewildered; confused; lost. * /The job was new to him, and for a few days he was at sea./ * /When his friends talked about chemistry, Don was at sea, because he did not study chemistry./ Compare: AT A LOSS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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