you've lost me

Idioms

I can't follow what you're saying, I'm puzzled or bewildered. For example, Please explain it again; you've lost me. This turn of phrase transfers losing one's way to discourse. [c. 1960]

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you've lost me

Remember, when you’ve lost me, you’ve lost everything.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2023

If you do it again, you’ve lost me.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019

While I enjoy a lot of science fiction, when it gets into the nitty gritty of the tensile strength of the titanium cables threaded into the wings of the automatovelociraptor, you’ve lost me.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018

Now remember," said Patricia as they walked along the hall, "you've lost me one matrimonial fish.

From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Jenkins, Herbert George

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