lost on (you)

not understood by you.

Civilization developed because ideas and technology were exchanged between cultures – a truth that is lost on many of us.

Usage notes: often used in the form not lost on someone - clearly understood by someone:

Increased airport security is now a fact of life, something not lost on passengers who put up with long delays.

• short for something
• short fuse
• short of
• short of something
• short on
• short on and long on
• short on and long on something else
• short on something
• short on something and long on
• short on something and long on something else
• short sharp shock
• short-term
• shot across the bow
• shotgun wedding
• shot in the arm
• shot in the dark
• shoulder to cry on
• shoulder to shoulder
• shout from the rooftops
• shouting match
• shout something from the rooftops
• Shove something up your arse!
• Shove up your arse!
• show a clean pair of heels
• Show a leg!