English term
Is up to his eyeballs with
How would you translate this expression: "Is up to his eyeballs with" in this context.
Netanyahu is up to his eyeballs with investigations and indictments.
He also would need the far-right religious-freedom-hating ultra-Orthodox to build his coalition.
Thank you!
Proposed translations
Costa Rica
Videogame Localization & LQA Testing
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Cuban)
Works in: English to Spanish
estar hasta el cuello
;)
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Note added at 11 mins (2020-02-12 05:20:09 GMT)
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Si es un contexto más serio (por lo que veo) puedes decir simplemente que está agobiado/ocupado/etc con tantas investigaciones. Hasta el cuello es un registro más informal, pero bueno, en inglés está, así que...
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José Patrício
: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/up to his eyeballs in
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Marcelo González
: An idiom for an idiom approach seems not only possible but appropriate here. Saludos desde Vietnam :-)
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Nathalie Fernández
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Bolivia
Social Scientist, MBA - Ph.D.(c)
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Estar hasta la coronilla
Croatia
English, Spanish, Croatian, law, IT,
Native in: Croatian (Variants: standard, Bosnian)
Works in: Spanish to Croatian, English to Croatian, Croatian to Spanish, and 22 more.
está agobiado/ocupado/agotado
ex.
Estar extremadamente ocupada u ocupada
Estar extremadamente ocupado u ocupado
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-up-to-your-eyeballs-in-sth
http://www.idioms4you.com/complete-idioms/up-to-your-eyeballs.html
Spain
In other words, the same meaning.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
estar hasta las cejas
Also when you are fed up i.e. estoy hasta las cejas
"Estar hasta el cuello" denotes you are in a tight spot.
I hope it helps
United Kingdom
se le acumulan los problemas
Video game localization and subtitling.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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