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Up to our necks   /əp tu ˈaʊər nɛks/   Listen
Up to our necks

adjective
1.
Deeply involved.  Synonyms: neck-deep, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to my neck, up to their necks, up to your neck.  "Up to their necks in debt"






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"Up to our necks" Quotes from Famous Books



... compelled to get what sleep we could during the day-time, keeping watch and watch, while at night we did such travelling as was possible. But that was not much, for more often than not we were driven to take refuge in trees, or to retreat into the water, sitting in it up to our necks, with sharks cruising round within a few fathoms of us and occasionally making dashes into the shallow water and running themselves aground in their efforts to reach us. Ah! those were lively times and no mistake; and often enough we used to tell each other that life ...
— The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn • Harry Collingwood

... the light we did not fall asleep. We were discussing the cleverness of the detective and the folly of the thief who had left a clue behind, and it was actually two o'clock when we pulled our rugs up to our necks and ...
— Indian Ghost Stories - Second Edition • S. Mukerji



Words linked to "Up to our necks" :   up to her neck, involved



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