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Up to my neck   /əp tu maɪ nɛk/   Listen
Up to my neck

adjective
1.
Deeply involved.  Synonyms: neck-deep, up to her neck, up to his neck, up to our necks, up to their necks, up to your neck.  "Up to their necks in debt"






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"Up to my neck" Quotes from Famous Books



... and body, boys! life ain't made to be spent tellin' stories. Why, I shall hev to be up here workin' till arter twelve o'clock," said Sam, who was suddenly possessed with a spirit of the most austere diligence. "Here I be up to my neck in work,—things kind o' comin' in a heap together. There's Mis' Cap'n Broad's andirons, she sent word she must have 'em to-night; and there's Lady Lothrop, she wants her warmin'-pan right off; they can't non' on 'em wait a minit longer. I've ben a drivin' and workin' all day like ...
— Oldtown Fireside Stories • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... say. Now, he said this: (I never forget that 'slong as I live) 'If they free de people, I'll bring you back into the Union' (To Dr. Jameson) 'If you don't free your slaves, I'll "whip" you back into the Union. Before I'd allow my wife an' children to be sold as slaves, I'll wade in blood and water up to my neck'. ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves - Florida Narratives • Works Projects Administration



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