To lose your bearings is to stop knowing where you are or which way to go. Lose your bearings in fog.
To lose your bearings is easier in a forest or a fog than anywhere with a horizon. People also lose your bearings figuratively after a change that removes every familiar thing.
1phraselose your bearingsTo stop knowing where you are or which way to go.
“It is easy to lose your bearings once the mist comes down.”
lose your bearings is a phrase.
Practised in Idioms