The black market was flourishing, everybody was corrupt, in it up to their necks 黑市繁荣,每个人都已堕落,深陷其中。
They were up to their necks in trouble with the press. 他们深深卷入了与报界的麻烦之中。
In the first room, people are standing in shit up to their necks. 第一房间里的人站着,狗屎在他们脖子上。
When the water got up to their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. 当河水漫到他们脖子的时候,苏格拉底突然抓住该男子并把他猛按入水中。
A fall in house prices will hurt Chinese consumers much less than their American counterparts, because Chinese households are not up to their necks in debt. 对于中国消费者来说,房价的下降给他们带来的损失比给美国消费者带来的损失要小得多,因为中国居民不像美国居民那样债台高筑。