up to one's eyes

up to one's eyes
VERY BUSY, fully occupied; overloaded, overburdened, overworked, under pressure, hard-pressed, rushed/run off one's feet; informal pushed, up against it.
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phrasal or up to the eyes
: extremely busy : very much occupied : deeply immersed

up to their eyes in paper work


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