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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

Equivalents

Tiếng Việt bù đầu đầm đìa đìa

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.
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See also

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

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