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up to one's ass in alligators

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
up- -to one's ass in al-li-ga-tors
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Beset by multiple difficulties or adversaries that must be dealt with quickly.

Canadian usage; American usage; Slang

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What does up to one's ass in alligators mean?
Beset by multiple difficulties or adversaries that must be dealt with quickly.

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