ankle-deep
high enough to reach or cover the ankles: ankle-deep mud.
deeply involved or entangled: He is ankle-deep in financial troubles.
as high as the ankles: Rainwater ran ankle-deep.
Origin of ankle-deep
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How to use ankle-deep in a sentence
Dressed in rags, a man and woman stand ankle-deep in a swamp.
Django Unchained’s Bloody Real History in Mississippi | Adam Rothman | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe vault was ankle deep in mire and so crowded were the prisoners that no one could sit without leaning upon another.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyI followed a half a mile; then he struck out over the swamp, and waded ankle deep as much as another half-mile.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)The men were ankle-deep in water, which foamed under the lash of the falling torrents.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. MatthewsAs he finished speaking, water began to pour over the windowsill, and soon the nursery floor was ankle deep.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark | David Cory
Nothing can be more unhealthful than the dawdling habit of wading out ankle-deep or knee-deep, and waiting to get your courage up.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 | Various
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