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.

Derived terms

• knee-deep in the Big Muddy

Translations

reaching up to the knees

• German: knietief (de)

• Russian: по коле́но (po koléno)