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
Sekai	-	Southern African, Shona
Klazina	klah-ZEE-nah	Dutch
Lucien	-	French
Mikkel	MEEK-kel (Danish, Norwegian), MEEG-gel (Danish)	Danish, Norwegian
Shaquille	-	English (Modern)
Benjamin	['bendʒəmin]