up to one’s ears in

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The glamorous Tyneside girls measure their success in degrees both on and off the stage. Kerry Lee and her sister Janine known in clubland as Ritzy have been up to their ears in exams of late. Janine is at Leeds University studying for a B.A Ed and big sister Kerry is studying psychology at Newcastle .

She was up to her ears in love with Naylor Massingham, and there wasn’t a single solitary thing she could do about it.

I’m up to my ears in work here, not least amongst my worries being a meeting at three of Headquarters staff at SHAEF presided over by General Eisenhower himself.

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