| 单词 | be up to your neck in something |
| 释义 | be up to your neck in somethingbe up to your neck in something a) BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOto be very busy with something 忙于某事 She’s up to her neck in work. 她正忙于工作。 b) PROBLEMto be in a difficult situation that is hard to escape from 深陷于困境 Jim’s up to his neck in debt. 吉姆债台高筑。 Examples from the Corpus be up to your neck in something• Like Patsy Kensit, I was up to my neck in oasis.• The party is up to its neck in a scandal over alleged illegal purloining of confidential police files on rivals.• We were up to our necks in problems with the Apollo program. → be up to your neck in something at neck1(1) |
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