be up to your ears in

釋義

1. be up to your ears in sth

   深陷於；埋頭於；忙於

   to have a lot of sth to deal with

   We're up to our ears in work.我們工作忙得不可開交。

電影裡這樣說 · 4 部

• Right. Netta, cover up your ears.Runaway Bride1999
• Now if you don't shut up, I will cut your ear off with a butter knife.The Other Guys2010
• You buy yourself a bag and plug up your ears.Sunset Boulevard1950
• Remember, this was pre-internet so, you know, it was, like, there wasn't any "straight boy goes gay for pay" websites or stick-a-monster-cock- up-your-arse-and-ear. Com.Weekend2011

在完整場景裡學

• 日落大道1950
  • 收車人上門下通牒：there's gonna be fireworks（要鬧翻天）
  • 向製片人推銷劇本被拒：over a barrel（任人擺佈）
  • 藏車躲債被當成殯儀員：a white elephant（大而無用的累贅）

同一詞條的短語

• be all ears
• be out on your ear
• comes to ears
• ears are burning
• ears are flapping
• go in one ear and out the other
• have coming out of your ears
• have ear
• keep your ear to the ground
• play by ear
• play it by ear
• shut your ears to