| 单词 | up to his neck |
| 例句 | Scipio buttoned his jacket right up to his neck. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He must have barely known him, always being up to his neck in communal affairs and not knowledgeable in family matters. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Dockworker One, a big guy with tattoos from his wrist all the way up to his neck, shook his head. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “He’s already up to his neck in debt.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought his right hand up to his neck to free himself and the guard swatted the hand away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He tiptoed down the sandy side of the pool, and sat there up to his neck in water smiling proudly at Ralph. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Mr Joseph Hooper stood before the wardrobe mirror, hands up to his neck, undoing his tie, anxious. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He couldn’t make out what they were saying, so he pulled the covers up to his neck and rolled over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Marigold knew, from the letter she’d shamefully steamed open before secretly resealing and returning it to her mother’s car, that Zane was in it up to his neck this time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Both of our mouths are open now, and I’m hot and my hands are sliding up to his neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He sees himself there, standing in water up to his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His feet sought the river bottom, he stumbled and splashed, while icy, waves swirled up to his neck. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z His face flushed red as both of his hands flew up to his neck. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Also, there was a difference in its depth; his current sadness was as deep as a pool that went up to his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When he stood, the water was up to his neck. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Jimmy’s hands came up to his neck and he staggered out from behind the board with the jungle and the holes and started flopping ’round on stage like a fish tossed out of water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Gently she snugged the covers up to his neck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull his blanket up to his neck and tuck it under his sides. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Blade is covered with mud right up to his neck, which on him looks natural. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z But Patrick is not just touched by it, he’s up to his neck in the stuff. Patrick Melrose - Cumberbatch finds privilege corrupts 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z There is just one problem - he is up to his neck in dodgy expenses claims. MPs duck out of The Duck House 2013-12-11T10:59:23Z And for an exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami in 2009, Rodriguez greeted patrons to the museum in the front garden buried in soil up to his neck. Bert Rodriguez is turning his apartment into a museum — with him in it 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Yet it is fair to say being buried up to his neck on a remote Scottish beach is not the only indignity Gordie suffers over the course of the narrative. Connolly's 'joy' at being Outnumbered 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z And before he knew it, he was up to his neck. The Doctor Is in Too Deep: Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd on ‘The Shrink Next Door’ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He is up to his neck in debt and doubling down by making crazy bets in hope of a big payoff. “Uncut Gems” is a merciless, nail-biting crime thriller that lets Adam Sandler shine 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z MP David Morrissey gets up to his neck in scandal when his intern/mistress is pushed under a tube train. Six to watch ? shows set in newsrooms 2011-07-19T11:21:54Z Now aged 77, he secretly waded across the river into China, the water up to his neck. South Korean POWs abandoned for decades in North Korea 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A boy trapped up to his neck in sand after the hole he was digging on the beach collapsed was "lucky" not to have been buried alive, rescuers said. Boy trapped in sand at Anderby Creek nearly buried alive, rescuer says 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z In retaliation, Mr. Ryuzaki kidnapped the man and buried him up to his neck in dirt. What’s a Japanese Mobster to Do in Retirement? Join a Softball Team. 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z In August, he braved the turbulent waters of the river, up to his neck, to reach the U.S. side and request asylum. Biden Is Hoping Small Changes Go a Long Way on Immigration 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z When he heard the news, Mr Wolf said he felt a tingle of excitement travel from the base of his spine up to his neck. Zawahiri's victims: What it feels like to hear he's gone 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z No matter that Mulvaney has been up to his neck in the very issues that have American democracy teetering on the brink. Perspective | The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z After three days, he says, they took him to the jungle and dumped him in a hole in the ground, burying him up to his neck. AP: Myanmar military uses systematic torture across country 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z In his final days, his family could only see him lying in a hospice bed from a window — the covers up to his neck — where they would loudly let him know they were there. A premature goodbye leaves lingering anger for family members of coronavirus victim 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Dorian Strubing, 2, got stuck up to his neck in the wooden barrel on Saturday. Tennessee toddler stuck in antique barrel is freed by medical staff using power saws 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z At one point he is buried in the ground up to his neck and left to be pecked by crows. The 'brutally violent' film being hailed as a masterpiece 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z That, frankly, does a disservice to an earlier scene in which a young boy, after being buried up to his neck, has his bare head pecked bloody by ravens. Review: ‘Painted Bird’ brings a disputed novel to grim life 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Cora was up to his neck in a serious and sickening scandal. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The great Gildersleeve finds himself up to his neck in gangsters after he’s appointed jury foreman at a mobster’s trial. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z On the one hand, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, up to his neck in Donald Trump’s Ukraine scandal, seems unusually eager to maintain a high media profile. Still struggling, Pompeo calls a good question 'insane' 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s against this backdrop that Pompeo, up to his neck in Trump’s scandal, couldn’t answer questions from WSMV’s Nancy Amon on Oct. On the defensive, Sec of State Pompeo struggles with basic questions 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Firefighters were called to the Cargill plant Tuesday morning when a worker fell into a silo and was trapped up to his neck. Crews rescue 3 workers from Sheboygan malt silo 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Coastguards, firefighters, police and paramedics worked to free the man, who was up to his neck in water for several hours near Sheringham's east promenade. In a hurry? Here's your five-minute briefing 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Trump is up to his neck with Putin and Russia. Cohen Pleads Guilty and Details Trump’s Involvement in Moscow Tower Project 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Another user wrote: “Dude up to his neck in charges.” Florida man’s mugshot goes viral, draws a slew of ‘neck’ jokes 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Summers knew they had to get out when, about 30 minutes after the storm made landfall, water surging into the home's kitchen rose up to his neck. Hurricane survivors wander debris, search for the missing 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Summers knew they had to get out when, about 30 minutes after the storm made landfall, water surging into the home’s kitchen rose up to his neck. Hurricane survivors wander debris, search for the missing 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Summers knew they had to get out when, about 30 minutes after the storm made landfall, water surging into the home’s kitchen rose up to his neck. Hurricane survivors wander debris, search for the missing 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Trump is up to his neck with Putin and Russia. Cohen Pleads Guilty and Details Trump’s Involvement in Moscow Tower Project 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Summers knew they had to get out when, about 30 minutes after the storm made landfall, water surging into the home’s kitchen rose up to his neck. ‘It was life or death’: Face-to-face with Michael’s fury 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Wednesday, submerged up to his neck in the swamp. Hunter stuck in mud for 33 hours in New Hampshire swamp 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z When he finally appeared in court, he said he was fine, but he wore a heavy coat zipped up to his neck through the hearing and spoke in subdued tones. Chechnya opens ski resort in effort to put bad times behind it, but severe crackdown continues 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z He was thrown against a fence and pinned there, buried in mud up to his neck. Couple separated by a wall of mud — and only one survived – Los Angeles Times 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Her boyfriend, Norm, was pinned against a fence, buried in mud up to his neck. Urgent alerts about deadly mudslides came too late for Montecito victims 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z He is up to his neck in the same conspiracy as jared, et al. Wrenched From Scandal to Success, Trump Looks Ahead, and Over His Shoulder 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The old soldier said that MacArthur’s landing was nothing to be ashamed of and that he was regularly up to his neck during beach landings. World War II, Korean War veteran to lead Veterans Day parade 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z With his meaty hands, lineman's build and thin gold chain that rides up to his neck, Beau Ruleaux appears perhaps more like school security, or possibly the bodyguard to someone important. In a small Iowa town, a Pulitzer-winning editor defends immigrants and tries to bring a community together 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z He soon was mired up to his neck. Duck hunter rescued from marshy muck in northeast Nebraska 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z In fact, his lenience angered her further, and she then made the boys bury Innocent up to his neck. The schoolboy falsely accused of two murders - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “But he did put a knife up to his neck, and it lingered for a significant amount of time and then he eventually cut the strings of his sweater.” Chicago sued for 'unconstitutional and torturous' Homan Square police abuse 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Another patient was experiencing a drilling-like pain in his lower back that spread up to his neck and scalp. Getting the Diagnosis Right 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “They put Robert McDonald in a swamp, and he’s up to his neck in alligators and snakes. And for extra fun they hung a few hornets nests,” Nordhorn said. Far fewer veterans use choice card and private health care than expected, VA says 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z After one effort, the Associated Press wrote, he was buried up to his neck for a week. Ernest Brace, longest-serving civilian Prisoner of War in Vietnam, dies at 83 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Or, more recently, filming himself while submerged up to his neck for 30 minutes in a wheelie-bin full of freezing water. China's controversial philanthropist 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z In the latest video released by the jihadists, a man is shown buried up to his neck. Boko Haram insurgency tearing Nigerian families apart 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z At the 13th, he was trapped by vegetables up to his neck. Boswell: Thomas Boswell: At Augusta National, ideal conditions are perfectly menacing to the field 2014-04-12T01:22:55Z His puffer jacket is zipped right up to his neck. Syrian family's tortuous journey into the unknown 2013-10-22T10:08:28Z Struggling to listen to his iPod without tipping off his math teacher, Kaufman designed a hollow lanyard to conceal the headphone wires up to his neck. Can A Crowdsourcing Invention Company Become 'The Best Retailer In The World?' 2013-05-09T15:09:56Z An 11-year-old boy is working with counselors after floating in water up to his neck on the second floor of his home for several hours before being rescued. Mental health toll emerges among Sandy survivors 2012-12-15T14:55:12Z One customer who stuck it out through the storm, the water in his house rising up to his neck, somehow saved three of his five cats. A Pet Food Store Fights to Survive Sandy 2012-11-29T10:52:11Z But let's not forget, saint Vince is in it up to his neck too. Harman to close Labour conference 2012-10-04T08:30:51Z Scott Brown is in this one up to his neck.” In Massachusetts Senate Race, Both Brown and Warren Pounce on Akin’s Rape Comment 2012-08-23T06:58:01Z Competitor 55202 was up to his neck in the brown stuff, but he was yet to brave the stinging nettles or the electric shock finishing line. In pictures: Tough Mudder 2012-07-14T17:01:28Z Now and then the swell of the tide surged almost up to his neck. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z He had been up to his neck in the mud, and had evidently been overcome with the exertion of extricating himself. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Cuyler, seeing himself, as he says, deserted by his men, waded up to his neck in the lake, and climbed into one of the retreating boats. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The kangaroo stands up to his neck in the water, beating about with his legs, and the hounds swim around. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z The fellow is in this thing up to his neck. The Blue Lights A Detective Story 2012-01-17T03:00:19.713Z He then related the prediction regarding the eating of the head of the fish, when his body up to his neck was petrified. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z One rushed up to his neck in water, the others sprang into the boat, pushed off, and rescued him as he was struggling with the waves. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z For several minutes on Thursday, Al Figueroa was up to his neck in mud nearly 70 feet below the swift-moving surface of the Hudson River. Crew Lays Power Cable Beneath the Hudson 2011-12-27T01:56:00Z As each, in turn, cantered by the sylvan bower with its clicking camera he was up to his neck “doing something.” Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z He put his hand up to his neck, clasping round it what seemed to Bertie a line of glittering light. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z However, we did not go a quarter of a mile before he dropped through the snow into a crevasse up to his neck. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Somewhat more point is to be found in the portrayal of Wellington buried up to his neck in his own boot—one of the universal Wellington boots of the period. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z He was not only up to his neck in Romance. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z He plunged into snow up to his neck. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Off to the west the summit of the Rocky Mountains—or one of the summits—lifted itself above the smudge, standing like a giant up to his neck in gray dust. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z A man had been buried alive in the earth up to his neck and the ground stamped in round his head. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z Skshetuski sank in the water up to his neck, so that only his head was sticking out above the lilies, and he looked. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Katy and the two children were with them, but Kizzie had been left in Wellington to look after the master, who was up to his neck in work for the finals at college. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z Over a rail, an unexpected flounder into a dry ditch, and he stood up to his neck in brambles and nettles. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z Napoleon was left struggling in the swamp up to his neck in the mire. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Besides, it would be fun to see David Stern up to his neck in Van Gundys. Who will replace Jackson? 2011-05-09T22:42:00Z Eh, what, Fieka?" said Friedrich, "the Miller has got somewhat into a pickle, he has got up to his neck in water; but, for all that, the waves need not close over his head. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z He is up to his neck in debt to every friend he has. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The paper says he's "up to his neck" in Lockerbie, Pc Yvonne Fletcher's death and arming the IRA, yet ministers hail the defection as a coup. Newspaper review 2011-04-01T04:50:32Z I would urge no farmer to plunge up to his neck into debt in order to underdrain his farm. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z At about midnight, the victim was seized, and forced to stand in the pit, which was filled in up to his neck. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z He was in the Copper Pool up to his neck—the head of it as far as I could make out. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z A favorite pastime was to bury him up to his neck, and let the boys bowl at his head. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z There dawns a day when he is full chock-a-block up to his neck with poetry, and the inner man craves the re-enforcement of the kind of flapjacks his mother used to make. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z His hand went by turns down to the ground and up to his neck, and he soon had the figure of Punch. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Before the alarm could be given he was up to his neck in a marsh, where his head was concealed by a rank growth of rushes. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Kerney, who retired last spring, is completing his first semester at Columbia as he pursues an MBA, which means he's up to his neck in accounting, statistics and marketing. Where are they now: Patrick Kerney 2010-12-26T02:15:05Z “He was in it up to his neck,” Mr. Elegbe said. Ponzi Scheme May Unmoor Benin, an Anchor of Stability 2010-08-19T01:31:00Z He plunged right up to his neck, but at once bobbed up again like a cork, and scrambled gallantly up on to the edge of the ice without a moment’s delay. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 "I brought you by this road, so he'd have to wade in mud up to his neck." The Window at the White Cat The swift current carried him down-stream; but at length he caught one of them, and, letting his feet sink, touched bottom in water up to his neck. Campmates A Story of the Plains In this a man had been buried up to his neck, the chin being just above the level of the ground. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In another minute he was floundering in a drift of soft snow, into which he had plunged up to his neck, and the perilous feat was successfully accomplished. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 He then made his way back through the water, which sometimes rose up to his neck, leading the animals, whose confidence returned when they saw themselves preceded by the Dchiahour. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] They know how Adam Forbes stood in Garfield, and what kind of folks live in Garfield; and they know that whoever killed Adam is in trouble up to his neck. Stepsons of Light The Tin Soldier stood up to his neck in water; deeper and deeper sank the boat, softer and softer grew the paper; and now the water closed over the Soldier's head. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series What chance had he, standing in it up to his neck? The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley "So big are they that an ordinary man could stand up to his neck in them," say the latter, protesting that the description is no exaggerated one. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart The last we saw o' him, he was sitting on his hurdies in the shallows, up to his neck in the water, trying what banes war hale after his stramash. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Shrieking with terror he retreated up to his neck in the water; but the bear plunged in after him, caught him, and disemboweled him. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 How a man is to be social beside a coffeepot, or up to his neck in hot water, beats me entirely. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Even as Jack started swimming, after getting in up to his neck, the drowning boy vanished again. Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond As he said the last words, Colston let go Arnold's shoulders, flung off his coat and waistcoat, slipped his braces off his shoulders, and pulled his shirt up to his neck. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror He would have willingly gone in up to his neck if necessary, to make a sure thing of the landing part. Jack Winters' Campmates He’s up to his neck in debt and borrowed money. The Phantom Lover But what most attracted his attention were the “stick-tights”1 on his clothing, even up to his neck. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' He was up to his neck in the cold water of the river. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School There was a deeper depth of it, doubtless, for some than for others; what he in particular knew of it was that he seemed to stand in it up to his neck. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II He's up to his neck in Irish things, and speaks Gaelic and wears an Irish kilt. Changing Winds A Novel Being buttoned up to his neck, the coat gives him a military appearance, while it economises his linen. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba It was not very deep, but it was too deep for the little boy to wade, for it came up to his neck, and his mother was not strong enough to carry both at once. The Soul of a People Snapping off the light, he drew the sheet up to his neck and lay there pondering, listening to the whine of the ventilator-fan. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China No sooner was he on the lawn than I saw him jump like a hare and put his hand up to his neck. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate But one may pass with them through water, which is up to his neck. Hebrew Literature They seemed to have a tendency to work up to his neck and they were all crowding to the top when he lurched forward and took his place beside the organ. In Orchard Glen Yes, he arrived last week, and, as usual, is up to his neck in affairs already, and Constance with him. The Message Frankly, then, I don't want to carry the weight of the wolf-skin; I should feel like a man buried up to his neck in sand. The Doomsman Chapter shuddered, and buttoned his overcoat up to his neck. Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories He’s a peer, I know; but he’s poor, and up to his neck in debts. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies They say he goes out in Winter at three o'clock in the morning, and stands up to his neck in a pond, praying for sinners.' More Trivia But, wishing to explore further upwards than his guides advised, the traveller sank into the snow up to his neck, and had to retrace his steps with great difficulty. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century When he got into the water, lo and behold, the horse vanished, and the humbugged jockey found himself sitting up to his neck in the river on a straw saddle. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages There’s not a youngster in this settlement who’s not up to his neck in love with you already. A Virginia Scout The man was buttoned up to his neck in an overcoat and carried a satchel. Frank of Freedom Hill She got her mouth full of water, and thought she was drowning, and Jocelyn, frightened for her life, ran in after her and rescued her with the water up to his neck. The Tragic Bride He is busy with "The Merchant of Venice;" he is up to his neck in studies, in rehearsals. Picture and Text 1893 “Make your plans, gentlemen, when you’ve settled with me,” said the man sternly, and he jerked one hand up to his neck again, and withdrew it with a gesture of annoyance. Witness to the Deed He wore a brown hunting jacket buttoned close up to his neck with hartshorn buttons. The Goose Man You see, every man was up to his neck in work, and there was great excitement in making preparations for the push, and I couldn't do anything. "The Pomp of Yesterday" One man who was put in up to his neck in the carcass of a small "humpback" stood it for sixteen hours, being taken out at two-hour intervals. A Memory Of The Southern Seas 1904 After passing fully under the bridge, Henry plunged into the stream and ran somewhat diagonally toward the center of the river until he was up to his neck in water. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist Tim put his hand up to his neck and felt about helplessly. Gossamer 1915 The water at last began to fall; he waded up to his neck for the bottle; and soon the water was out of the house; for its fall is almost as sudden as its rise. A Boy's Voyage Round the World He eeled into the pressure suit and zipped it up to his neck. The Aliens The idea of the son of the poet, the rescuer of the most forlorn damsel of modern times, the man of violence, gentleness and generosity, sitting up to his neck in ship’s accounts amused me. Chance A Tale in Two Parts I wished my friend up to his neck in a swamp. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire He was first buried up to his neck in hot sand, and then, after undergoing a profuse perspiration, he was placed in a close tent, where he remained until he became cool. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Fortunately my father happened to come in, and not fearing the Indian whom he knew to be friendly, went with him and found his best ox up to his neck in a slough. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The first thing Pinkie Whiskers knew, he had slipped off from the stone and was up to his neck in the water. Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories His coat was already open, and the negro's great black paw flew up to his neck and tore his shirt down to the waist. A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" When he began to recover, he put his hand up to his neck as if feeling for something, and muttered faintly, ‘The tabac.’ The Young Fur Traders The lad had waded in up to his neck, and was now slowly—almost imperceptibly—approaching a group of ducks that were disporting themselves gaily in the water. Silver Lake In his struggles Pieter had moved the rope up to his neck, and was now in danger of being throttled. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin He burst into a tremendous peal, in which his companion joined, for anything more comic than the aspect of the “Solemn-un” up to his neck in the bog it would be hard to conceive. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp “Well, he has a better chance than if he was up to his neck; same as that fellow would have a better chance than one who was out of his depth.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days Whereupon he took a step up to his neck in the deep water, and started to swim. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess A man slouched out, his jacket buttoned up to his neck, his cap pulled over his eyes. The Daffodil Mystery And, shaking his fist at Lucien, as he had done once before, "Thou my enemy!" he screamed again, and then sank back in the water up to his neck, as if exhausted. The Rose of Old St. Louis “But he isn’t up to his neck in sand.” Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp Looking at the wind he stepped right off God's promise and it wasn't a second till he was up to his neck in the raging water. Sermons on Biblical Characters Then he plunged up to his neck in the waters of the river Jumna, and began. Woman's Work in Music "But as for Mun Bun," said his father, "I guess I'll have to put him in the creek, clothes and all, up to his neck, and let the water wash the mud away." Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's Now, mind, that man has not had a scandal in his parish for fourteen years; and he is up to his neck in securities for half the farmers of the district. My New Curate “But he’s up to his neck in bog, and it’s all the same.” Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp He put the fellow in that, tilled him up to his neck in earth, and kept him there till he apologised. The Adventures of Harry Revel The murderer started back, his foot slipped off the platform, he fell up to his neck in water. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag He also said that he would wade in blood up to his neck to keep the slaves from being freed. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Sunny Boy was ahead, and suddenly he went into a snowdrift up to his neck! Sunny Boy and His Playmates I guess he was pretty well up to his neck in business when that fellow Correy set up his shout. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow Another poet was sitting down on the marble floor so that the water might at least come up to his neck. Masques & Phases There were no lapels now and it was buttoned up to his neck. The Black Box A moment he held her thus, gazing into her face, and the girl's hands seemed to flutter up to his neck. In the Roaring Fifties Once a policeman chased a Gipsy, and the Gipsy ran into the river, that was full of great pieces of floating ice, and there he stood up to his neck with only his head out. The English Gipsies and Their Language There we found Johnson, up to his neck in mud and water, yelling for help to get out of the bloody dirt. The Yankee Tea-party Or, Boston in 1773 When the boy began to grow cold they wrapt him in a sealskin bag and pulled it up to his neck. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Then he cried about forty-'leven bushels of tears, and a milk bottle full besides, and there was a little pond around him, and Uncle Wiggily was in it up to his neck. Uncle Wiggily's Adventures The Honorable Gid is up to his neck in this here no-dram wave what is a-sweeping around over the state and pretty nigh rising up as high as the necks of even private liquor bottles. Rose of Old Harpeth When we got there he was up to his neck in water, and he'd got the fool by the collar; then we pulled 'em both out. Acton's Feud A Public School Story The wave had dragged him along, the line that he had round his shoulders having slipped up to his neck, and taken clothes and skin with it. The Visionary Pictures From Nordland They took the lazy man to the village graveyard, as I was saying," resumed "Bill," "and they buried him up to his neck in the earth. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" The pursuer, up to his neck in water, seized the boat, and for a moment his chin rested on the side. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne Deeper and deeper the yellow waters creep up his shivering form, and when nearly up to his neck, a sudden deepening causes him to bob unexpectedly down almost over his head. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The driver was up to his neck in the snow, but the fireman was not visible. Acton's Feud A Public School Story Nevertheless, he too went forward, and they soon beheld Sam floundering in snow up to his neck. The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune A couple of yards from him, Lubim, the carpenter, a young hunchback with a triangular face and narrow Chinese-looking eyes, is standing up to his neck in water. The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories He's been in water up to his neck. The Lady of Big Shanty He felt a good deal like a man who, walking across a pleasant beach and enjoying the view, suddenly finds himself up to his neck in quicksand. The Lilac Girl The tin soldier stood up to his neck in water, and deeper, deeper sank the boat. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 "However, I guess he'll change his tune when the water gets up to his neck." The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne His coat was already open, and the Negro's great black paw flew up to his neck and tore his shirt down to the waist. The Tragedy of the Korosko The father he was up to his neck in trouble, then, for he was unable to raise the money. Darrel of the Blessed Isles And we find him up to his neck in boys. The Brown Study It was Izon, dark, handsome, fiery, muffled up to his neck, his hat drawn low on his face, and the thin snow scattering from his shoulders and sleeves. The Nine-Tenths The drawings were admirable, but the crowd in the one little room was so dense that he felt himself up to his neck in a sack of wool. The Lesson of the Master "Boys," said Bert Johnson, with friendly disgust, "he's been up to his neck in 'em." The Shuttle By now, the Lion was up to his neck; she ran to him and grabbed his big ears. Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz And there is the village match, where cows are apt to stroll on to the pitch before the innings and cover-point stands up to his neck in a furze-bush. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories Our good friend, Sir James, is up to his neck in broblems like a man in a bog, and he cannot move. The Yeoman Adventurer Then, quite suddenly, without a cry, Colonel Wragge disappeared up to his neck. Three John Silence Stories Each side being snow four feet deep, it was almost impossible to keep the track, and a misstep buried the unfortunate individual up to his neck. The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief Hallam up to his neck in water, and the ready prey of any searching crocodile that the blood that oozed from his wounded leg should inevitably have attracted; the Germans on the bank. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign A chap called Robinson—in this house by the way—offended them in some way, and one morning he was found tied up in the bath, up to his neck in cold water. The Gold Bat Put his foot and legs in hot salt, mustard, and water; and, if necessary, place him up to his neck in a hot bath, still dashing water upon his face and head. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children It buttoned up to his neck closely, like some clerical garb. The Boys of Bellwood School They began pumping out water and putting on patches; a naked sailor crawled into the hold, stood up to his neck in water, and tried the holes with his heels. Letters of Anton Chekhov Such was the case with Richard, and still holding the door with one hand he put the other up to his neck. Richard Dare's Venture When he began to recover, he put his hand up to his neck as if feeling for something, and muttered faintly, 'The tabac.' The Young Fur Traders In the wonderful crooked, twisting, climbing, soaring, burrowing Genoese alleys the traveller is really up to his neck in the old Italian sketchability. Italian Hours So, buried up to his neck in sugar as he was, the Bold Tin Soldier stood in the sweetness like a sentinel on guard. The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier So now he was engaged while still up to his neck in debt; but worse remained behind. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Buckland is up to his neck in "sewage," and wishes to change all underground London into a fossil cloaca of pseudo coprolites. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence George's crop is a failure this year and he is up to his neck in debt. The Desired Woman He's always in a state of feverish excitement, always rushing hither and thither, up to his neck in all sorts of worrying business. The Fat and the Thin Back in the interior were vast trackless forests of fir-trees, and moss-covered swamps in which in summertime a man would sink up to his neck. Jimmie Higgins From the hour when he returned to the town until the end of his days Mr. Shackford was up to his neck in legal difficulties. The Stillwater Tragedy Suddenly the marionette was thrown into a muddy pool, in which he sank up to his neck like a frog. Pinocchio in Africa Putting his hands up to his neck, he rubbed it, gently. The Beetle He was hardly able to keep his feet in the swirling, bubbling water that swept past, almost up to his neck. The Exploits of Elaine It was rather disagreeable for a blind man to slip off a camel up to his neck in cold water, and, lifting up his eyelids with both hands, try to see what was going on. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, To this Jock went, and, throwing off the top layer as possibly damp, he carried all the rest in his arms and piled it on Ralph till he was covered up to his neck. The Lilac Sunbonnet It was not long before Alwin went through, up to his neck; and if he had been uncomfortable before, he was in wretched plight now, drenched to the skin with ice-water. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days When the boat went down he was not more than three or four yards off, and he did not sink lower than up to his neck. Lost in the Fog I hope he's in up to his neck, and if he is, by the Great Horn Spoon, I'll bankrupt him, or my name is not Jadwin! The Pit Stark laid a cold hand on Runnion's shoulder, close up to his neck. The Barrier Shrieking with terror he retreated up to his neck in the water; but the bear plunged in after him, caught him, and disembowelled him. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Mrs. Clark peeked down and saw him there, standin' up to his neck. Cy Whittaker's Place The Tin Soldier stood up to his neck in water, and the boat sank deeper and deeper, and the paper was loosened more and more, and now the water closed over the Soldier's head. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 "Ah, they do say that Mavick is in Argentine up to his neck," said the broker, beginning to be enlightened. That Fortune He always wore, in summer and winter, a long dusky grey coat, which buttoned close up to his neck and descended almost to his heels. Framley Parsonage Of a sudden Old Doctor went up to his neck in a wall of deep snow that seemed to cut us off completely. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country An example was given, whenever he held a spiritual conversation with St Ebba, he was careful to spend the ensuing ours of darkness 'in prayer, up to his neck in water'. Eminent Victorians He went into the canal up to his neck, and his feet could not feel the bottom, but his arm was on the edge of the barge. The Railway Children The idea of the son of the poet, the rescuer of the most forlorn damsel of modern times, the man of violence, gentleness and generosity, sitting up to his neck in ship’s accounts amused me. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Rainbow never got flustered if he was up to his neck in a bog, but my horse got frightened and plunged, so that I had to jump off. 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