English translation of "él estaba muy por encima de ella" - "She knew that he was way above her (as in social status)"

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74 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	él estaba muy por encima de ella
Context:	—Bri ¿Gale te ha pedido que te cases con él? —se ruborizó al escucharla, porque era algo sobre lo que intentaba no pensar. —No, cariño. Ella sabía que él estaba muy por encima de ella y, aunque pensaba que la quería de verdad, no creía que llegara a pedírselo nunca. Does this mean something like "head over heels for her"? Thanks

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74 months ago

Nico Fidalgo wrote:

He was very much above her league

My comment:

I understand the whole means something like"even though he was above her league, she felt he did love her, but also that he was not likely to ever ask her to marry him."

74 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

he was above her in terms of social status

My comment:

Various ways of saying this this is one of them, or he was over & above her

74 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

She knew that he was way above her (as in social status)

My comment:

It has nothing to do with being "head over heels", it's her realization that although she thinks he loves her, she didn't think he'd ever ask her to marry him due to the social difference between them.

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