knee-deep in something

knee-deep in something
*knee-deep in something
1. Fig. heavily involved in something. (*Typically: be \knee-deep in something; get \knee-deep in something.) •

Right now, we are knee-deep in trouble.

2. Fig. having plenty of something. (*Typically: be \knee-deep in something; stand \knee-deep in something.) •

We are knee-deep in orders and loving it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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