neck-deep

neck-deep
• knee-deep
• neck-deep
adv or adj. phr.
1. Very much; deeply; having a big part in.

Johnny was knee-deep in trouble.

2. Very busy; working hard at.

We were neck-deep in homework before the exams.

3. Getting or having many or much.

The television station was knee-deep in phone calls.

Compare: up to the chin in

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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