up to one's eyes

English

Prepositional phrase

up to one's eyes

  1. Synonym of up to one's eyeballs.
    • 2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 78:
      He wrote that Gillies "even dressed my woulds himself and visited me at night to see if I was comfortable, though he was up to his eyes in work."
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