| 释义 |
up to your neck
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. up to your neck - deeply involved; "neck-deep in work"; "up to their necks in debt"neck-deep, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to my neck, up to our necks, up to their necksinvolved - connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified" |
up to your neck
up to (one's) neck (in something)Extremely busy (with something); deeply or overly involved (in something); possessing, filled up with, or overwhelmed by an excessive amount (of something). There's no way I can take a vacation right now, I'm up to my neck in work at the moment! I only meant to be peripherally involved in David's business venture, but before I knew it I was in up to my neck! Dana was worried she wouldn't find any work as an accountant working for herself, but she's up to her neck in clients!See also: neck, upup to your neck INFORMALCOMMON If someone is up to their neck in a bad situation, they are very deeply involved in it. He was, at the time, up to his neck in charges of corruption. The Prime Minister was up to his neck in scandal.See also: neck, upup to your neck
Synonyms for up to your neckadj deeply involvedSynonyms- neck-deep
- up to her neck
- up to his neck
- up to my neck
- up to our necks
- up to their necks
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