be sunk in (something)
be sunk in (something)
To be fully and deeply engrossed in a thought or idea, perhaps because one is feeling melancholy. It's no use trying to talk to Helen when she's sunk in thought like that. It's as if we don't even exist!
See also: sunk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be ˈsunk in something
be in a state of unhappiness or deep thought: She just sat there, sunk in thought.See also: something, sunk
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- be sunk in something
- sunk
- lost in thought
- absorbed in thought
- be lost in (something)
- be lost in something
- be lost to the world
- (in) up to (one's) elbows
- up to eyeballs
- up to your eyes