up to here

短语

直到此处,至此

发音

AU

别名

up to one's eyeballs up to one's eyes up to one's ears up to one's neck

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up to, here.

    Just fill the bucket with water up to here.

  2. 2.

    Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped.

    习语

    I have been up to here in paperwork all week.

  3. 3.

    Used as an intensifier.

    I have had it up to here with his sarcasm.

    I am stuffed up to here with appetizers.

词源

All such constructions, along with elbow-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, neckdeep, and so on, rely on the same metaphor: the depth to which a wader or swimmer is submerged in a body of water.

来源：wiktionary