(in) up to (one's) elbows

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 elbows with work for my class on Monday. John has been up to his elbows with the kids lately.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bakir	-	Turkish
Lovell	['lʌvəl]
Baldrey	['bɔ:ldri]
Meintje	MIEN-tyə	Dutch
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
Dulce	DOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese