| 单词 | up to the eyebrows |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup to the (or one's) eyebrows P1. up to the (or one's) eyebrows: = up to the (also one's) eyes at eye n.1 Phrases 1g. Similarly to the eyebrows. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly all outc1300 out and outc1300 at all devicec1385 to devicec1385 right out?1543 up to the chin1546 up to the eyes1607 upsy Friese1609 up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627 all hollow1762 (immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822 all ends up1850 fair and square1870 right spang1884 to the wide1895 a (also one) hundred per cent1911 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > involved in something > deeply up to one's (also the) neck (in)1788 up to the hub1800 up to the (or one's) eyebrows1954 a1627 T. Middleton No Wit (1657) iii. 70 He's in passion;—up to the Eyebrows for us. 1795 Feast of Merriment To Rdr. p. iv The languishing nymph, who is up to her eye-brows in love. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iii. 93 Every one had had enough, and the youngest Cratchits in particular, were steeped in sage and onion to the eyebrows! 1876 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 21 May 5/2 The farmers are all steeped in work up to their eyebrows, corn planting being the principal work. 1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge iii. 178 I got lit to the eyebrows, if the truth be known—say, I was simply ossified. 1954 N. Coward Future Indefinite ii. iii. 92 To many of my acquaintances..it was a foregone conclusion that I was involved in espionage up to the eyebrows. 1968 A. Diment Great Spy Race iii. 36 He's..tanked up to the eyebrows with Acid. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 27/1 [He] was up to his eyebrows in the shady dealings of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. < as lemmas |
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