knee-deep

See also: kneedeep

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

knee -deep (not comparable)

Reaching up to the knees.
Submerged to the knees.
(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)

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