(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.
See also: up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Valerija-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Ava (3)AH-vah (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Erastusi-RAS-təs (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin
Aryan-Indian, Hindi
Ariehahr-YE (Jewish)Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Dionysia-Late Roman