Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

up to one's eyeballs

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: up- -to one's eye-balls
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Deeply engaged in something, to the point of being overwhelmed.

Example Sentences

"First and foremost (rather than last but not least), I couldn't have done this without my wife Nicki Norman, who serves as sounding board and a voice of rationality and moderation, and who sees the big picture when I'm up to my eyeballs in details."

Etymology

See up to here.

Questions

What does up to one's eyeballs mean?: Deeply engaged in something, to the point of being overwhelmed.
Where does up to one's eyeballs come from?: See up to here.

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