英语词汇“up to one's ears”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

o. up to one's (also the) ears: (so as to be) completely immersed; (figurative) (so as to be) deeply immersed or involved in something. Cf. up to the (also one's) eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 1g.

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a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij If any woman smyle or cast on hym an eye, Up is he to the harde eares in loue.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 117 The mailed Mars shal on his altars sit Vp to the eares in bloud.

1655 S. Fisher Christianismus Redivivus 224 I am me thinks become a fool at this time in falling, before I was aware, so up to the ears in contest about a few testimonies of the fathers.

1714 E. Budgell tr. Theophrastus Moral Characters vi. 23 He is always up to the Ears in Law,..some of his Suits he is forced to stand to, and works himself out of others by Perjury.

1764 J. Hall-Stevenson Pastoral Puke 25 This leading Tory, Practised in every Tory Wile, Up to the Ears in Love with Glory.

1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 263 I..was up to my ears in law.

1889 W. B. Yeats Let. Sept. (1954) 136 I am up to the ears in Irish novelists.

1920 Boston Sunday Globe 25 July 12/6 I was up to the ears in ‘Pete the Outlaw’ when my father came into the room. ‘What is that book?’ says he.

1966 Listener 6 Jan. 15/1 He..is up to his ears in work.

2008 H. J. Ruff How to Prosper during Coming Bad Years Pref. p. xvii Up to your ears in debt? Broke? Here I can really identify. I grew up broke.

单词	up to one's ears
释义	> as lemmas up to one's (also the) ears o. up to one's (also the) ears: (so as to be) completely immersed; (figurative) (so as to be) deeply immersed or involved in something. Cf. up to the (also one's) eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 1g. ΚΠ a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij If any woman smyle or cast on hym an eye, Up is he to the harde eares in loue. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. i. 117 The mailed Mars shal on his altars sit Vp to the eares in bloud. View more context for this quotation 1655 S. Fisher Christianismus Redivivus 224 I am me thinks become a fool at this time in falling, before I was aware, so up to the ears in contest about a few testimonies of the fathers. 1714 E. Budgell tr. Theophrastus Moral Characters vi. 23 He is always up to the Ears in Law,..some of his Suits he is forced to stand to, and works himself out of others by Perjury. 1764 J. Hall-Stevenson Pastoral Puke 25 This leading Tory, Practised in every Tory Wile, Up to the Ears in Love with Glory. 1840 W. Irving Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Sept. 263 I..was up to my ears in law. 1889 W. B. Yeats Let. Sept. (1954) 136 I am up to the ears in Irish novelists. 1920 Boston Sunday Globe 25 July 12/6 I was up to the ears in ‘Pete the Outlaw’ when my father came into the room. ‘What is that book?’ says he. 1966 Listener 6 Jan. 15/1 He..is up to his ears in work. 2008 H. J. Ruff How to Prosper during Coming Bad Years Pref. p. xvii Up to your ears in debt? Broke? Here I can really identify. I grew up broke. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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