beyond one's pay grade

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

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Beyond one's level of authority.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  Beyond one's capability.

Translations

 * Danish: over min lønramme