up to neck
*up to one's neck (in something)
and *up to one's ears (in something); *up to one's eyeballs (in something)having a lot of something; Fig. very much involved in something; immersed in something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I can't come to the meeting. I'm up to my neck in these reports. Mary is up to her ears in her work. I am up to my eyeballs in things to do! I can't do any more!
See also: neck, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
up to (one's) neck
Deeply involved or occupied fully: I'm up to my neck in paperwork.
See also: neck, up
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- be replaced by (someone or something)
- be replaced with (someone or something)
- be remembered as (something)
- be remembered as/for something
- a ball and chain
- ball and chain
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense