knee deep
/ˈniˌdip/
adjective
- Reaching up to the knees.
- The children waded through knee-deep snow on their way to school.
- We had to walk through knee-deep mud to reach the campsite.
- After the storm, the streets were flooded with knee-deep water.
- Deeply involved or immersed in something, especially a difficult situation.
- She is knee-deep in paperwork and won't be free until late.
- I'm knee-deep in planning the wedding and barely have time to eat.
- The company is knee-deep in debt after the failed expansion.
adverb
- To a depth that reaches the knees.
- The river was only knee-deep, so we crossed easily.
- The grass grew knee-deep in the abandoned field.
- He sank knee-deep into the soft sand.