out of their depth的意思：超出能力範圍的英文

Sherlock: I’m a consulting detective. Only one in the world. I invented the job.
John: What does that mean?
Sherlock: It means when the police are out of their depth, which is always, they consult me.

真是一語雙關，水深超過某人的高度，也就是要滅頂了﹍Which means someone is not capable of doing something...

out of your depth

C2 not having the knowledge, experience, or skills to deal with a particular subject or situation:I was out of my depth in the advanced class, so I moved to the intermediate class.› in water that is so deep that it goes over your head when you are standing:I'm not a strong swimmer, so I prefer not to go out of my depth.

Translations of “out of your depth”

in Chinese (Traditional)

無法駕馭，不能勝任, 淹沒頭頂，沒過頭頂…

walk out on的意思：遺棄或是意指突然中斷一段關係的英文

第一次聽到：

Sherlock: I know you’re an Army doctor and you've been invalided home from Afghanistan. I know you've got a brother who’s worried about you but you won’t go to him for help because you don’t approve of him – possibly because he’s an alcoholic; more likely because he recently walked out on his wife. And I know that your therapist thinks your limp’s psychosomatic – quite correctly, I’m afraid.

walk out on

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walk out on somebody/something

to suddenly end your relationship with someone or something She walked out on her husband and two children after 12 years of marriage. Why would anyone walk out on a seven-year contract that includes a share of the profits?.

See also: out, walk

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003. Reproduced with permission.

In the light of this的意思：有鑑於此的英文

In the light of this

可以用於一個句子的前頭，總和前面所說的話來，說明後面的句子

類似於in summary的功用

在Sherlock第一集：粉紅色研究中引用到，用來說明所有的案件，似乎有關連性

The body of Beth Davenport, Junior Minister for Transport, was found late last night on a building site in Greater London. Preliminary investigations suggest that this was suicide. We can confirm that this apparent suicide closely resembles those of Sir Jeffrey Patterson and James Phillimore. In the light of this, these incidents are now being treated as linked. 

四大字典Collins字典上是這樣說明的：

in the light of something

1. =  considering, because of, taking into account, bearing in mind, in view of, taking into consideration,with knowledge of • In the light of this information, we can now identify a number of issues.