up to (one's) neck in (something)
Having too much of something; overwhelmed by an excessive amount of something. I'm still unpacking my new house, so I'm just up to my neck in boxes. If any of my guys get hurt at the construction site, I'll be up to my neck in paperwork. There's no way I can take a vacation right now, I'm up to my eyes in work at the moment!
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*up to one's neck (in something)
and *up to one's ears (in something); *up to one's eyeballs (in something)having a lot of something; Fig. very much involved in something; immersed in something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I can't come to the meeting. I'm up to my neck in these reports. Mary is up to her ears in her work. I am up to my eyeballs in things to do! I can't do any more!
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up to (one's) neck
Deeply involved or occupied fully: I'm up to my neck in paperwork.
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