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Meaning of over head and ears | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Completely; wholly; hopelessly; head over heels.

informal, not-comparable

Examples

“They were over head and ears in debt.”

““Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana […] is really over head and ears in love with that sailor[…]; she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth’s election.””

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

over one's head over square over the top over the top, too much, overdone over with over-accommodated