knee-deep

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1 English
- 1.1 Adjective
  - 1.1.1 Translations
  - 1.1.2 Derived terms

English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

knee -deep (not comparable)

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

Translations[edit]

reaching up to the knees

German: knietief (de)

Russian: по колено (po koleno)

Derived terms[edit]

knee-deep in the Big Muddy

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