up to one's neck in alligators

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Extremely busy; having many pressing obligations, distractions, etc., consuming one's time.

    习语 俚语

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:up to one's neck in alligators.

词源

An expressive image, derived from the proverb "when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp".

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