Desagreement with a correction
The water was up to our knees.
This is incorrect. In this example, 'up to' means 'approaching' or 'as far as', and is used to describe the level of something, for example: The rate of child poverty in Africa is up to its highest level in years. The expression is different than Icarus' use of the idiom in the dialogue.
the Dictionnary Collins notices that "to be ....to one'sknees " is correct (as far as)
Can you explain ??
This is incorrect. In this example, 'up to' means 'approaching' or 'as far as', and is used to describe the level of something, for example: The rate of child poverty in Africa is up to its highest level in years. The expression is different than Icarus' use of the idiom in the dialogue.
the Dictionnary Collins notices that "to be ....to one'sknees " is correct (as far as)
Can you explain ??
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23 April 2008