up to your ears

If you are up to your ears in work or in an unpleasant situation, you are very busy with it or are deeply involved in it. I can't come out this evening — I'm up to my ears in reports. Trimarco's campaign director was said to be up to his ears in dirty business deals.

See also: ear, up

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

See also:

come to a bad end
come to a bad/sticky end
about last night...
horse and rabbit stew
a sad state (of affairs)
be sick at heart
be/feel sick at heart
a sorry state (of affairs)
be a fate worse than death
go from bad to worse

References in periodicals archive

Do your shoulders rise up to your ears? Do they ache often?

Muscling in: upper bodywork

词组	up to your ears
释义	up to your ears up to your ears If you are up to your ears in work or in an unpleasant situation, you are very busy with it or are deeply involved in it. I can't come out this evening — I'm up to my ears in reports. Trimarco's campaign director was said to be up to his ears in dirty business deals. See also: ear, up Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: come to a bad end come to a bad/sticky end about last night... horse and rabbit stew a sad state (of affairs) be sick at heart be/feel sick at heart a sorry state (of affairs) be a fate worse than death go from bad to worse References in periodicals archive Do your shoulders rise up to your ears? Do they ache often? Muscling in: upper bodywork
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