ankle deep's Usage Examples:

The game was played in mud that was ankle deep.

south-west, the trails are extremely muddy – very frequently it is more than ankle deep.

in all weathers, rubicund, benign, usually smiling, though he was once ankle deep in river water.

bulls are sent charging down a football field-sized paddy field soaked in ankle deep water, while their handlers boarded on a wooden plank, hang onto the tail.

While Burroughs is ankle deep in the water, his aged mother is stalling police investigators in her.

characterises his presentation of the series as "standing out in all weathers, rubicund, benign, usually smiling, though he was once ankle deep in river water.

By Hammersmith Bridge the Cambridge boat was "ankle deep in water" and was sinking under the rough water.

Roman times, fulling was conducted by slaves working the cloth while ankle deep in tubs of human urine.

Synonyms:

shallow, knee-deep,

Antonyms:

deep, stay, profound,