- beyond our ken
- Beyond our kenIf something's beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding.
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Beyond Our Ken — (1958 1964) was a radio programme, the predecessor to Round the Horne (1965 1968). Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with announcer Douglas Smith. The name is a pun on Kenneth… … Wikipedia
beyond our ken — Meaning Beyond our understanding. Origin Ken also means knowledge. Used as the title of the 50s BBC radio show Beyond Our Ken , where the Ken was Kenneth Horne … Meaning and origin of phrases
Beyond Our Ken (film) — Infobox Film name = Beyond Our Ken image size = caption = director = Pang Ho Cheung producer = Catherine Hun writer = Pang Ho Cheung Wong Wing Sze narrator = starring = Gillian Chung Daniel Wu music = Wong Ai Lun Janet Yung cinematography =… … Wikipedia
beyond our ken — If something s beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Beyond our ken — If something s beyond your ken, it is beyond your understanding … Dictionary of English idioms
beyond someone's ken — beyond someone’s ken phrase impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience The floods are a powerful warning that we are messing with forces beyond our ken. Thesaurus: complicated and difficult to… … Useful english dictionary
ken — [ken] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: ken to know, recognize (13 21 centuries), from Old English cennan to make known and Old Norse kenna to be aware, understand ] beyond your ken if something is beyond your ken, you have no knowledge or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Ken. — Kentucky. * * * abbrev Kentucky (US state) * * * ken «kehn», noun, verb, kenned or kent «kehnt», ken|ning. –n. 1. range of sight or vision: »Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken (Keats) … Useful english dictionary
beyond someone's ken — impossible for someone to understand because they do not have enough knowledge or experience The floods are a powerful warning that we are messing with forces beyond our ken … English dictionary
Ken Babbs — (born 1939) is a famous Merry Prankster who became one of the psychedelic leaders of the 1960s. He along with best friend and Prankster leader, Ken Kesey wrote the book Last Go Round . Babbs is best known for his participation in the Acid Tests… … Wikipedia
