in over one's head

see under in deep, def. 2.

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He has made mistakes, but by following the conservative pattern of testing the water with one's toes instead of diving in over one's head, he has indeed set an example in Ohio of what an honest, conservative government can accomplish�an example that might be noted by Stevenson, Harriman and Kefauver .