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ankle-deep

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Adj.1.ankle-deep - coming only to the ankle or kneeankle-deep - coming only to the ankle or knee    
knee-deep
shallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
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ankle-deep [ˈæŋklˈdiːp] ADV to be ankle-deep in water → estar metido hasta los tobillos en el agua
the water is only ankle-deep → el agua llega a los tobillos nada más
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The artillery and baggage wagons moved noiselessly through the deep dust that rose to the very hubs of the wheels, and the infantry sank ankle-deep in that soft, choking, hot dust that never cooled even at night.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The ground was covered, nearly ankle-deep, with filth and mire; a thick steam, perpetually rising from the reeking bodies of the cattle, and mingling with the fog, which seemd to rest upon the chimney-tops, hung heavily above.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
I passed through the fence; there within were the ashes of the burnt huts--they lay ankle-deep.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
 
 
 
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