Soledad O'Brien

For any reporter, education is a topic where everything else - money, politics, et cetera - intersects. I have four kids in K through 12, so I'm knee-deep in it. I'm really interested in the philosophy behind it all. Should you just memorize your multiplication tables, or should you understand the concept behind them?

American Journalist

Ice T

When I first started out in music, I was so negative. I was knee-deep in the streets. Then my friends started going to jail. They said, 'Boy, you better start taking this seriously; you got a chance to do something with your life.' That's when I realised I had to focus. The music led to the acting.

American Musician

Aleksandar Hemon

I wish I could avoid the people who have threatened me. My favorite threat is that I will be thrown in the River Miljacka, which is at most knee-deep, with my feet bound in cement.

Bosniak Writer

Arca

Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's never gone through difficulty.

Venezuelan Musician

Laurel Van Ness

I was on the computer one night, 'Raw' came on and I saw a women's match. I thought, huh, I could do that. Next thing you know, I was knee-deep in wrestling.

Canadian Wrestler

Jim Lee

I think when you're knee-deep in coming up with editorial plans, the desire to sit down and pencil something is pretty strong.

South Korean Artist

Brittany Kaiser

To be honest, it's hard when you're knee-deep in the trenches of an industry to see it how others see it.

American Businesswoman

Damon Dash

I'm knee-deep into fashion; I'm knee-deep into movies.

American Businessman

Indicates the actual depth of something that reaches the knees.

Physical Depth

Often used to exaggerate the depth or amount of something for effect.

Exaggeration Tool

Suggests that movement through something is hindered.

Impassable Condition

Shows someone is heavily involved in a situation or activity.

Intensity of Involvement

Can imply feeling overwhelmed by the amount of something there is to do.

Overwhelmed Feeling

Used metaphorically to describe being engrossed, without literal depth.

Metaphoric Use

Indicates that someone's focus is fully on the task or situation.

Complete Attention

Suggests a significant amount of time is spent on something.

Time Commitment

 so just in a sort of shallow knee-deep water and the squid is nocturnal so during the day it buries itself in the sand and sleeps but then at night it has to come out to hunt and so on bright nights when there's lots of starlight or moonlight that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in

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 as dedicated passionate brilliant people around me every day it's a job that not only can you make a livelihood doing it but you can feel very proud to be a part of restoration when you work in an environment like that you can be knee-deep in poop and it's still the best job ever

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 the ice sheet has lost so much ice that if that water were piled up on our smallest continent, it would drown Australia knee-deep. How is this possible? Well, under the ice lies the bedrock.

Knee-deep

Physical Depth

Exaggeration Tool

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