(be) up to your ears in something
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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
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
up to your ears in something — up to your neck/ears/eyes/in something informal phrase involved in a difficult situation, or with more work to do than you can deal with I’m up to my eyes in work at the moment, but I’ll deal with it as soon as I can. Thesaurus: in a difficult… … Useful 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 your eyeballs 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 eyes 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
