knee-deep

See also: kneedeep

English

Etymology

From Middle English kne-depe, equivalent to knee +‎ deep.

Adjective

knee-deep (not comparable)

1. Reaching up to the knees.
2. Submerged to the knees.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something.

Translations

reaching up to the knees

• German: knietief (de)

• Russian: по коле́но (po koléno)

Derived terms

• knee-deep in the Big Muddy