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- up to knees
up to knees
*up to one's knees
Fig. deep in something, such as paperwork or water. (The idea is that it is hard to move or make progress. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) We're up to our knees with orders and getting more all the time. The orders are up to our knees.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Adey | | ['ædi] | |
| Fausta | | - | Italian, Ancient Roman |
| Dinah | | DIE-nə (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English |
| Grgur | | - | Croatian |
| Hadas | | - | Hebrew |
| Ritchie | | ['ritʃi] | |