to be up to one's ears (in sth)

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• ear — W2S2 [ıə US ır] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of your body)¦ 2¦(hearing)¦ 3¦(grain)¦ 4 smile/grin etc from ear to ear 5 6 a sympathetic ear 7 close/shut your ears to something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ear — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ inner, middle ▪ external, outer ▪ big …   Collocations dictionary

• fall — 1 verb, past tense fell past participle fallen 1 MOVE DOWNWARDS (I) to move downwards from a higher position to a lower position: The rain had started falling again. (+out of/from/on): Wyatt fell from a second floor window. (+down): I m always… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ring — ring1 W2S1 [rıŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jewellery)¦ 2¦(circle)¦ 3 give somebody a ring 4¦(bells)¦ 5¦(criminals)¦ 6 have the/a ring of something 7 have a familiar ring 8 run rings around somebody 9¦(cooking)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pop — pop1 S3 [pɔp US pa:p] v past tense and past participle popped present participle popping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(come out/off)¦ 2¦(go quickly)¦ 3¦(quickly put something)¦ 4¦(short sound)¦ 5¦(burst)¦ 6¦(ears)¦ 7 somebody s eyes popped (out of their head) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pop — pop1 S3 [pɔp US pa:p] v past tense and past participle popped present participle popping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(come out/off)¦ 2¦(go quickly)¦ 3¦(quickly put something)¦ 4¦(short sound)¦ 5¦(burst)¦ 6¦(ears)¦ 7 somebody s eyes popped (out of their head) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ear — noun 1 PART OF YOUR BODY (C) one of the organs on either side of your head that you hear with: Lou turned to Mark and whispered something in his ear. 2 HEARING (U) the ability to hear sounds: too high pitched to be heard by the human ear | have… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ring — 1 /rIN/ noun 1 JEWELLERY (C) a piece of jewellery that you wear on your finger: a diamond ring (=decorated with diamonds) see also: engagement ring, wedding ring 2 CIRCLE (C) a) a circular line or mark: Martha had dark rings round her eyes from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Doric Greek — Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group …   Wikipedia

• open — o|pen1 W1S1 [ˈəupən US ˈou ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(door/container etc)¦ 2¦(eyes/mouth)¦ 3¦(not enclosed)¦ 4¦(not covered)¦ 5 the open air 6¦(business/building etc)¦ 7¦(not restricted)¦ 8¦(opportunity)¦ 9¦(not secret)¦ 10¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English