Meaning

3 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up to, here.

    Just fill the bucket with water up to here.

  2. (idiomatic)Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped.

    I have been up to here in paperwork all week.

  3. Used as an intensifier.

    I have had it up to here with his sarcasm.

    I am stuffed up to here with appetizers.

Examples

214 sentences
  1. Let's put up the Christmas tree here.

    Давайте поставимо ялинку тут. — deniko

    ruДавайте поставим рождественскую ёлку здесь. — sharptoothed

    deLasst uns den Weihnachtsbaum hier aufstellen. — MUIRIEL

  2. Could you give me a leg up here?

    Можеш допомогти мені у цьому? — shanghainese

  3. My kids grew up here.

    Мої діти тут виросли. — deniko

    ruЗдесь выросли мои дети. — Karok

    deMeine Kinder sind hier aufgewachsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'm up here.

    Я тут нагорі. — deniko

    ruЯ тут наверху. — sharptoothed

    deIch bin hier oben. — Felixjp

  5. I'm fed up with working here.

    ruЯ сыт по горло работой здесь. — afyodor

    deIch habe es satt, hier zu arbeiten. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

5 languages

Origin

All such constructions, along with elbow-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, neckdeep, and so on,

All such constructions, along with elbow-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep, neckdeep, and so on, rely on the same metaphor: the depth to which a wader or swimmer is submerged in a body of water.

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