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knee-deep

knee-deep


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. in as high as knees: standing or sunk in something that reaches up to the knees
be knee-deep in mud

2. as high as knees: reaching up to the knees
The river was only knee-deep.

3. extremely involved in something: completely occupied by or entangled in something
knee-deep in paperwork

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