beyond one's pay grade

短语

发音

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Beyond one's level of authority.

    习语

    1971, Testimony before U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Sir, I think that is a policy decision only the President can make. That is beyond my pay grade.

  2. 2.

    Beyond one's capability.

    习语

词源

Possibly from the correspondence of the pay grade to the level of authority in the U.S. civil service and in the U.S. armed forces.

来源：wiktionary