Discussion

Replace the underlined phrases/idioms in the following sentences.

I am all at sea.

Answer: C

The phrase means puzzled.

To be all at sea is to be confused and not know what to do, like a ship far from land with no sight of the coast.

Drowning and out of reach take the image literally, and very happy has nothing to do with it. The idiom is about bewilderment.

Other idioms from the sea work the same way: to be 'in deep water' is to be in serious trouble, and to 'sail close to the wind' is to take risks.

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