over head and ears

adjective

Completely; wholly; hopelessly; head over heels.

“They were over head and ears in debt.”

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Meanings

adjectiveover head and ears (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableCompletely; wholly; hopelessly; head over heels.

    They were over head and ears in debt.

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    “Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana […] is really over head and ears in love with that sailor[…]; she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth’s election.”

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 164–165
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