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Meanings of up to his neck in English
Deeply involved.
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Examples for "neck-deep"
Examples for "neck-deep"
1
Those who've lived upright lives and those who are neck-deep in sin.
2
Farmers desperate to save their cattle walk neck-deep in water pulling them along.
3
A 14-year-old boy was killed, while others were left wading neck-deep in water.
4
Then he realized that the man was neck-deep in a hole.
5
The streets were ankle-deep in dust or neck-deep in mud.
1
I made for the lagoon, and went in up to my neck.
2
The babble increased, and by night I was up to my neck.
3
And I'm sitting up to my neck in a bank of sand.
4
I'm going to be in this fight right up to my neck.
5
You remember seein' me aloft, an' up to my neck in water.
1
You're up to your neck in water. And swimming is not required.
2
From the sound of it, you're in it up to your neck.
3
You're sitting up to your neck in shit if you haven't realized that!
4
The bastards would chain you in it up to your neck.
5
You'd be up to your neck in it before you knew where you were.
1
The child put his hand up to her neck and kissed her.
2
She reached safety just as the water was up to her neck.
3
Naomi was now up to her neck in steel-blue titanium and composite.
4
She was in whatever it was right up to her neck.
5
She rolled over, pulling a threadbare covering up to her neck.
1
We were in water up to our necks and were almost drowned.
2
And, indeed, we were up to our necks in business these days.
3
And we're up to our necks in it all at the Hague.
4
And here we are, up to our necks in the tureen.
5
We could be up to our necks in a firefight at any second.'
1
Next the two men, still unconscious, were buried up to their necks.
2
And all my staff officers were up to their necks in the battle.
3
Stand the sealed jars in tepid water up to their necks if possible.
4
But they were there: buried in the sand up to their necks, drowned.
5
The ones who slept with blankets pulled up to their necks.
Usage of up to his neck in English
1
His brutal conclusion: Mr Morrison was up to his neck in it.
2
And Max was up to his neck in Kruger-Brent politics at home.
3
Tim put his hand up to his neck and felt about helplessly.
4
Vergil was in the tub, up to his neck in pinkish water.
5
Vergil lay in the tub, up to his neck in pinkish water.
6
This morning was the same, and Bailey went in up to his neck.
7
There were no lapels now and it was buttoned up to his neck.
8
It buttoned up to his neck closely, like some clerical garb.
9
Putting his hands up to his neck, he rubbed it, gently.
10
Then, quite suddenly, without a cry, Colonel Wragge disappeared up to his neck.
11
He rolled over and pulled the sheet up to his neck.
12
He lay on his back with the bedcovers pulled up to his neck.
13
And we find him up to his neck in boys.
14
The fear started in Race's fingers and worked its way up to his neck.
15
But today he was up to his neck in something he just couldn't pinpoint.
16
When he stood, the water was up to his neck.