up to his neck

Questions about up to his neck

What does up to his neck mean?

up to his neck means "deeply involved".

What is another word for up to his neck?

Close synonyms include neck-deep, up to my neck, up to your neck, up to her neck, up to our necks. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is up to his neck a common word?

up to his neck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for up to his neck come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.