lost on one

Have no effect or influence on one, as in Ned's attempts at humor were lost on Meg, or David's kindness was not lost on his aunt. This expression uses lost in the sense of "wasted." [c. 1600] Also see you've lost me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cailean	KA-len	Scottish
Mae	MAY	English
MÁRton	MAHR-ton	Hungarian
Njord	-	Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Forest	['fɔrist]
Venyamin	vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN	Russian