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Meaning of up to one's neck in alligators | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Extremely busy; having many pressing obligations, distractions, etc., consuming one's time.

idiomatic, slang

Examples

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:up to one's neck in alligators.”

CEFR level

C2

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

See also

up what spring up your nose with a rubber hose up- upon my soul upon the pad upward of