"up to your neck" 怎么发音
expression
UP-too-yer-NEK
UP-too-yaw-NEK
释义
If you are "up to your neck" in something, you are deeply involved in it or extremely busy with it, often to the point of feeling overwhelmed.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈəp/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈnɛk
英式英语
ˈʌp/ /tˈuː/ /jˈɔː/ /nˈɛk
简化发音
美式
UP-too-yer-NEK
英式
UP-too-yaw-NEK
语境中听
I'm up to my neck in homework.
She’s up to her neck in debt.
We’re up to our necks in work this week.
Don’t ask him for help, he’s up to his neck in other projects.