Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
over his head
Portuguese translation:
sobrecarregado
English term
Brazil
Portuguese(BR) Language Specialist
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese
over his head
| 4 +1 | sobrecarregado |
Marlene Curtis
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| 4 | numa situação difícil, numa situação sem saída |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 4 | é de mais para ele |
Nick Taylor
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Apr 9, 2013 12:01: Marlene Curtis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1090421">Elena David's</a> old entry - "over his head"" to ""sobrecarregado""
Proposed translations
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
sobrecarregado
or you have bit off more than you can chew
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in over head
in over his head > (de um homem) sobrecarregado - ProZ.com
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23 maio 2009 – (KudoZ) English to Portuguese translation of in over his head: (de um homem) sobrecarregado [Other].
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www.proz.com/?sp=gloss/term&id=12777841in over his head > (de um homem) sobrecarregado. Click to see related KudoZ question. One translation of the English term in over his head in Portuguese is ...
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Note added at 22 minutos (2012-10-24 12:13:01 GMT)
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A pessoa encontra-se sobrecarregada com tarefas ou obrigações acima de sua capacidade ou habilidades.
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
numa situação difícil, numa situação sem saída
in over (one's) head Featured Word
adjective
in a situation one can't cope with.
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
é de mais para ele
literally - its too much for him (to handle)
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