knee-deep

Describes being deeply involved in a situation or up to one's knees in something, often used literally or figuratively.

• 🇪🇸Describe estar sumergido hasta las rodillas en algo, o metido profundamente en una situación o actividad difícil de la que es difícil salir; se usa tanto en sentido literal como figurado.

1. Submerged up to the knees B1 informal

   Reaching or covering the legs up to the knee, often used to describe being in water, mud, or snow.

   • We were knee-deep in mud after the hike.
   • The flood left the streets knee-deep in water.
   • He waded knee-deep into the river to fish.

   🇪🇸hasta las rodillas

   Sinónimos: knee-high

2. Deeply involved or overwhelmed B2 informal

   Completely occupied or overwhelmed by a situation, task, or problem.

   • She is knee-deep in work and can't take a break.
   • He found himself knee-deep in debt after the investment.
   • The team is knee-deep in preparations for the event.

   🇪🇸absorto hasta las orejas

   Sinónimos: absorbedburiedengrossedinundatedpreoccupied

• more knee-deep comparative form
• most knee-deep superlative form

An adverb (and adjective) meaning "up to the knees" or, more figuratively, "deeply involved or immersed in something." It is used both literally (e.g., standing in water) and metaphorically (e.g., being overwhelmed with work or a situation).

• 🇪🇸Adverbio (y adjetivo) que significa «hasta las rodillas» o, en sentido figurado, «profundamente involucrado o inmerso en algo». Se usa tanto en sentido literal (por ejemplo, estar de pie en el agua) como figurado (por ejemplo, estar abrumado por el trabajo o una situación).

1. Up to the knees B1 informal

   Reaching or extending to the level of the knees, often used to describe immersion in a substance.

   • We waded knee-deep through the muddy water.
   • The snow was knee-deep after the blizzard.
   • He stood knee-deep in the river while fishing.

   🇪🇸Hasta las rodillas

   Sinónimos: knee-high

• more knee-deep comparative form
• most knee-deep superlative form