1. I`m knee-deep in work at the moment, so I`m not stopping for lunch. CIDoI
2. One sign: when Seattle started to charge citizens by the bagful, charity shops found their doorsteps knee-deep in unwanted gifts. BNC
3. But when I got home and found my answerphone knee-deep in angry messages I didn't really have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that you had something to do with it. BNC