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hasta el cuello loc adv coloquial (muy apurado) (figurative)up to your neck, up to your eyeballs expr
  (too much work)snowed under expr
  overwhelmed adj
 Hay tanto trabajo en la oficina que todos estamos hasta el cuello.
 Tantas deudas tienen hasta el cuello a Jerónimo.
 There's so much work at the office that we're up to our eyeballs (or: up to our neck).
 ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I'm snowed under at the office and I don't think I'll be home until dinnertime.
hasta el cuello de algo loc prep coloquial (muy apurado debido a algo)up to your neck, up to your eyeballs expr
  (formal)overwhelmed adj
 Juan está hasta el cuello de obligaciones.
 Juan is up to his eyeballs (or: up to his neck) in commitments.
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'hasta el cuello' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the Spanish description:
manga raglán
English:
in over your head - in the hole - in too deep - knee-deep - up to your ears - up to your neck - strung out - crippled with debts - deep in debt - deep weeds - get bogged down in debt - in hot water - up shit creek - up shit creek without a paddle


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