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.
See also: knee, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sharpe['ʃa:p]
Sophea-Khmer
Zlatica-Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Solvig-Swedish
Patxi-Basque
Walls[wɔ:lz]