breast deep
/ˈbrɛstˌdip/
adverb
- To a depth that reaches the chest.
- The farmer sank breast-deep into the mud while trying to rescue the calf.
- The soldiers waded breast-deep into the cold water.
- We had to walk breast-deep through the swamp to reach the island.
adjective
- Reaching up to the height of a person's chest.
- The river was breast-deep in the middle, so we had to hold our bags above our heads.
- The children waded through the breast-deep snow to get to the school bus.
- After the heavy rain, the flooded street was breast-deep in places.
- Deeply involved or immersed in something (figurative).
- The team was breast-deep in preparations for the big launch.
- By the end of the month, he found himself breast-deep in debt.
- She was breast-deep in research for her history paper.