词汇 | up to one's eyeballs |
释义 | Idiom up to one's neck (in something) and up to one's ears (in sth); up to one's eyeballs (in sth) Theme: INVOLVEMENT having a lot of something; very much involved in something. (Informal.)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! Slang up to one's eyeballs and up to one's ears Theme: ABUNDANCE mod. filled up with something.She's up to her ears in marriage proposals.We're up to our eyeballs in spare parts. up to (one's) eyeballs (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 eyeballs 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 eyeballs! Dana was worried she wouldn't find any work as an accountant working for herself, but she's up to her eyeballs in clients! *up to one's eyeballs(in something) Go to up to one's neck (in something). up to your eyeballsIf you are up to your eyeballs in an unpleasant situation, you are very deeply involved in it. He was out of a job and up to his eyeballs in debt. I simply won't have the time — I'm up to my eyeballs in work. |
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