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Up to your neck   /əp tu jɔr nɛk/   Listen
Up to your neck

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






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"Up to your neck" Quotes from Famous Books



... is a sign that there will be sickness in your family; and if you dream of serpents, you will have friends who, in the course of time, will prove your bitterest enemies; but, of all dreams, it is most fortunate if you dream that you are wallowing up to your neck in mud and mire. Clear water is a sign of grief; and great troubles, distress, and perplexity are predicted, if you dream that you stand naked in the public streets, and know not where to find a garment to shield you from the ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay



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