Learn English Idioms "Up To My Knees" | Minute English #shorts

64,436 views ・ 2021-07-17

Rachel's English


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I can't do it, I'm too busy, I'm  up to my knees in other projects. 
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Up to my knees? What does that mean? If you say you're up to your knees and  
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something, that means you're really  involved in it, really busy with it. 
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It's a little strange because there's  a lot more to my body after my knees.
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And I should point out OMB has been  up to their knees and eyeballs in this  
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from the beginning. They have  done an incredible amount of work.
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Woah! Biden said up to their  knees and up to their eye balls.  
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These 2 idioms actually mean the same thing. Very  busy with something, very involved in something. 
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Isn't it funny that they mean the same  thing when they're so different in the body? 
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I'm up to my knees with work. I'm up to my eyeballs studying for finals. 
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And I should point out that OMB has been up to their knees and eyeballs
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in this from the beginning. They have done an incredible amount of work
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Are you feeling busy? Are you feeling  up to your knees in a project?
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