Смысл: ankle-deep

ankle-deep1. [ʹæŋk(ə)l͵di:p] a
<Í> доходящий до лодыжки
ankle-deep dust - пыль по самую щиколотку
he is ankle-deep in problems - он увяз в разных сложностях

2. [ʹæŋk(ə)l͵di:p] adv
<Í> до щиколотки, по лодыжку
rain water ran ankle-deep - после дождя воды было по щиколотку

beauty is (only) skin deep Идиома

beauty is only skin deep

do not judge a person by physical features, you can't tell a book... If you want to date a beauty queen, remember that beauty is only skin deep.

between the devil and the deep blue sea

in a difficult position, no place to go, between a rock..., Sophie's choice "If he ran, they would shoot him; if he stayed in the shop, the gas would kill him. He was between the devil and the deep blue sea."

deep, dark secret

very private information, on the QT I'll tell you all - except my past. That's a deep, dark secret.

deep six

in a six-foot-deep grave, pushing up daisies If you overdose on coke, you're deep six, man.

deep water

serious trouble or difficulty He will be in deep water if he doesn

dig a little deeper

try harder, give a little more The coach asked the team to dig a little deeper, to give their best.

dig deep

give more money, dig a little deeper We'll all have to dig deep if we hope to achieve our goals.

get in deeper

cause you more trouble, dig yourself in Telling another lie will only get you in deeper - make it worse.

go off the deep end

give way to emotion He went off the deep end when he saw the picture in the paper.

in deep

seriously mixed up in something like debt or trouble He owes a lot of money and is in very deep with his new house and car.

beauty is (only) skin-deep

A admirable actualization has no affiliation to added abstruse acceptable qualities. “All the carnall adorableness of my wife is but skin-deep,” wrote Sir Thomas Overbury (ca. 1613). Of advance this ascertainment was hardly new, accepting been fabricated by abounding age-old poets continued afore (Virgil wrote, O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori, “O my appealing boy, assurance not too abundant in your looks”). Although alone bark deep, empiric William Cobbett (Advice to Young Men, 1829), “It [beauty] is actual acceptable for all that,” admitting H. H. Munro (Saki) punned “I consistently say adorableness is alone sin deep” (Reginald’s Choir Treat, 1904).Learn more: beauty

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in charge in charge of in check in clover in cold blood in common in control in-crowd in deep in deep shit in deep trouble in dire straits in dribs and drabs in due course in fact in for in full flight beat to the punch/draw beat up beat up on beat your brains out beat your breast beat your meat beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something beat/scare the daylights out of somebody beat/turn swords into ploughshares beatbox beaten beaten at the post beaten track, (off) the beater beating beats me beau Beau Brummel beauhunk beau-nasty beaut beautiful beautiful people beautiful people, the beauty beauty is (only) skin-deep beauty is in the eye of the beholder beauty is more than skin deep beauty is only skin deep Beauty is only skin-deep beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder beauty mark beauty queen beauty sleep beauty spot beaver beaver away beaver-cleaver became because because is why because of because reasons because you touch yourself at night beck beck and call beckon beckon to beckon to (one) Becky with the good hair become