up to one's ears in something

up to one's ears in something
adj infml

They were up to their ears in the conspiracy — Они с головой, окунулись в этот заговор

That man Jackson is always in trouble, he really landed up to his ears in it yesterday — С этим Джексоном всегда что-нибудь случается, и вот вчера он опять крупно влип

She is up to her ears in marriage proposals — Женихов у нее хоть отбавляй


Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . . 2003.

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  • bring something about one's ears — bring something (down) about one s ears bring something, esp. misfortune, on oneself she brought her world crashing about her ears …   Useful english dictionary

  • music to one's ears — Anything that one is very glad to hear • • • Main Entry: ↑music * * * something that is pleasant or gratifying to hear or discover the commission s report was music to the ears of the administration …   Useful english dictionary

  • about one's ears — Said of something falling around one (eg a building or missiles) (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑ear …   Useful english dictionary

  • stop one's ears — put one s fingers in one s ears to avoid hearing something …   Useful english dictionary

  • music to one's ears — ► music to one s ears something very pleasant to hear or learn. Main Entry: ↑music …   English terms dictionary

  • music to one's ears — something one likes to hear When he told me that I could go to the sales convention in the summer it was music to my ears …   Idioms and examples

  • music to one's ears — something that is very pleasant to hear or learn. → music …   English new terms dictionary

  • believe one's ears — {v. phr.} 1. To believe what one hears; trust one s hearing. Used with a negative or limiter, or in an interrogative or conditional sentence. * /He thought he heard a horn blowing in the distance, but he could not believe his ears./ 2. To be made …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • believe one's ears — {v. phr.} 1. To believe what one hears; trust one s hearing. Used with a negative or limiter, or in an interrogative or conditional sentence. * /He thought he heard a horn blowing in the distance, but he could not believe his ears./ 2. To be made …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have something coming out of one's ears — informal have a substantial or excessive amount of something that man s got money coming out of his ears …   Useful english dictionary

  • music to one's ears — {n. phr.} Something one likes to hear. * /When the manager phoned to say I got the job, it was music to my ears./ …   Dictionary of American idioms


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