I’m up to my eyes in work at the moment, but I’ll deal with it as soon as I can.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
shut your ears to something — phrase to refuse to listen to something, usually something bad She shut her ears to all their complaints. Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to listensynonym Main entry: shut * * * shut/close your ˈears to sth idiom to refuse to li … Useful english dictionary
be up to your ears in something — be up to (your) ears/eyeballs/eyes in (something) British, American & Australian, American to have too much of something, especially work. We re up to our eyeballs in decorating at the moment … New idioms dictionary
(be) up to your ears in something — be up to your ears in sth idiom to have a lot of sth to deal with • We re up to our ears in work. Main entry: ↑earidiom … Useful english dictionary
close your ears to something — 1) to ignore what someone is telling you or asking you Don t close your ears to criticism. 2) to not listen to a noise or sound … English dictionary
your ears must be burning — (your) ears must be burning something that you say to someone who is being talked about. All that talk about William his ears must have been burning … New idioms dictionary
shut your ears to something — to refuse to listen to something, usually something bad She shut her ears to all their complaints … English dictionary
music to your ears — phrase something that someone says that you are very pleased to hear Their offer of help was music to my ears. Thesaurus: general words for information, news and factssynonym Main entry: music * * * music to your ˈears idiom news or i … Useful english dictionary
close your ears to something — … Useful english dictionary
be up to ears in something — be up to (your) ears/eyeballs/eyes in (something) British, American & Australian, American to have too much of something, especially work. We re up to our eyeballs in decorating at the moment … New idioms dictionary
have something coming out of your ears — informal phrase to have a lot of something, or more of it than you need We have information coming out of our ears and we just need time to sift through it. Thesaurus: to have a particular quality or thingsynonym Main entry: ear * * * … Useful english dictionary
