英语词汇“up to the eyes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. up to the (also one's) eyes.

(a) With in: immersed or involved deeply or to the limit in; extremely busy with. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > in some pursuit > deeply

up to the eyes1607

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

1607 R. West Court of Conscience sig. F3 Vp to the very eyes in durt and mire, Bridewell hath often paid you for your hire.

1761 tr. Voltaire Crit. Ess. Dramatic Poetry 83 She was up to the eyes in love; and that's what has made her fortune.

1809 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 12 Oct. (1884) I I am..up to my eyes in business, the extent of which is quite terrific.

1859 J. Kavanagh Seven Years (1860) 309 The scrivener gravely asked for her mother, and found the good lady up to her eyes in soap-water.

1916 V. Bell Lett. (1993) 195 Clive doesn't write at all, only a line to say he's up to his eyes in politics.

1998 J. White Diary Darren Tackle p. xii You read in the papers about how much we're pulling down and you think we're buried in cash, up to our eyes in wallop.

2006 I. Rankin Naming of Dead xvii. 249 ‘Profits made’, Rebus added, ‘from selling to dodgy dictators and spit-poor nations already up to their eyes in debt.’

(b) Very much; completely, extensively; to the limit, to a very great degree. Frequently with preceding adjective. Occasionally without up. Cf. up to the hilt at hilt n. 3. painted up to the eyes: heavily made-up with cosmetics.

ΚΠ

1672 J. Eachard Let. 22 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered To eat Custards with spoons was abominably scandalous, but to be engag'd in Sack-possett up to the eyes, with Ladles, was Christian, Orthodox, and Brotherly.

1786 E. Sheridan Let. 2 July (1960) 91 Miss or Mrs McCartney who was sitting with her poor palsied head dress'd with flowers and painted up to the eyes.

1848 E. Ruskin Let. in W. James Order of Release (1948) v. 114 Lady Morgan who is..painted up to the eyes.

1866 A. Trollope Claverings (1867) I. viii. 97 All the Burtons are full up to their eyes with good sense.

1883 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. July 206/2 A neighbour's estate, mortgaged up to the eyes, was sold under the hammer.

1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 4 The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes.

1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 89 Daisy's up to her eyes at the minute trying to jog the local party into action.

1966 G. Ryga Ballad Stone-picker 109 On Saturday night you can still hear him coming down the road from town, beered up to the eyes.

1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab i. 14/1 Worby took a job as a lorry driver and at a transport café met the road girls, ‘painted up to the eyes’.

单词	up to the eyes
释义	> as lemmas up to the (also one's) eyes g. up to the (also one's) eyes. (a) With in: immersed or involved deeply or to the limit in; extremely busy with. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > in some pursuit > deeply up to the eyes1607 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 1607 R. West Court of Conscience sig. F3 Vp to the very eyes in durt and mire, Bridewell hath often paid you for your hire. 1761 tr. Voltaire Crit. Ess. Dramatic Poetry 83 She was up to the eyes in love; and that's what has made her fortune. 1809 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers 12 Oct. (1884) I I am..up to my eyes in business, the extent of which is quite terrific. 1859 J. Kavanagh Seven Years (1860) 309 The scrivener gravely asked for her mother, and found the good lady up to her eyes in soap-water. 1916 V. Bell Lett. (1993) 195 Clive doesn't write at all, only a line to say he's up to his eyes in politics. 1998 J. White Diary Darren Tackle p. xii You read in the papers about how much we're pulling down and you think we're buried in cash, up to our eyes in wallop. 2006 I. Rankin Naming of Dead xvii. 249 ‘Profits made’, Rebus added, ‘from selling to dodgy dictators and spit-poor nations already up to their eyes in debt.’ (b) Very much; completely, extensively; to the limit, to a very great degree. Frequently with preceding adjective. Occasionally without up. Cf. up to the hilt at hilt n. 3. painted up to the eyes: heavily made-up with cosmetics. ΚΠ 1672 J. Eachard Let. 22 in Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered To eat Custards with spoons was abominably scandalous, but to be engag'd in Sack-possett up to the eyes, with Ladles, was Christian, Orthodox, and Brotherly. 1786 E. Sheridan Let. 2 July (1960) 91 Miss or Mrs McCartney who was sitting with her poor palsied head dress'd with flowers and painted up to the eyes. 1848 E. Ruskin Let. in W. James Order of Release (1948) v. 114 Lady Morgan who is..painted up to the eyes. 1866 A. Trollope Claverings (1867) I. viii. 97 All the Burtons are full up to their eyes with good sense. 1883 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. July 206/2 A neighbour's estate, mortgaged up to the eyes, was sold under the hammer. 1885 A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 4 The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes. 1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 89 Daisy's up to her eyes at the minute trying to jog the local party into action. 1966 G. Ryga Ballad Stone-picker 109 On Saturday night you can still hear him coming down the road from town, beered up to the eyes. 1993 R. Murphy Smash & Grab i. 14/1 Worby took a job as a lorry driver and at a transport café met the road girls, ‘painted up to the eyes’. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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