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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "AHS" (as in "art") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KWEH" (as in "quest") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
To be neck-deep in a problem, debt, or overwhelming situation with no easy way out. The more you try to get free, the more it pulls you under. Used widely across Spain and Latin America for work overload, debt, or any situation that has fully taken over your life.
“I'm absolutely swamped with work this week, I can't take any more.”
“He's neck-deep in the project and they just piled on another task on top of it.”
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To be neck-deep in a problem, debt, or overwhelming situation with no easy way out. The more you try to get free, the more it pulls you under. Used widely across Spain and Latin America for work overload, debt, or any situation that has fully taken over your life.
“I'm absolutely swamped with work this week, I can't take any more.”
“He's neck-deep in the project and they just piled on another task on top of it.”
Quemarse el foco
In Mexico, to mentally exhaust yourself trying to solve a problem until your brain just gives out with nothing to show for it. The image is a lightbulb that has burned out: it used to illuminate things, now it is just dark.