(in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s

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(in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s

Extremely busy; deeply involved or engrossed (in or with something). I'd love to come for a pint, but I'm in up to my eyeballs with work for my class on Monday. John has been up to his eyes with the kids lately.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zandra	['zændrə]
Christianus	-	Late Roman
Sapir	-	Hebrew
Raffaello	-	Italian
Colin	['kɔlin]
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German