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