at sea

English

Adjective

at sea (not comparable)

1. At the ocean or sea, typically of a ship or person aboard a ship.
2. (idiomatic) Confused, lost, or adrift; bewildered.

   Most of the class was at sea after the first week.

   • 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, BBC Sport:

     Wojciech Szczesny was then called into action twice in a minute to parry fierce drives from Djebbour and Torossidis as Arsenal's back four looked all at sea.

Translations

at the ocean or sea

Finnish: merellä (fi) French: en mer (fr)

Icelandic: á sjó (is), úti (is)

confused

French: noyé (fr) m.

Anagrams

• saeta