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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense?



 
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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense? #1 (permalink) Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:32 am   Why doesn't "knee long" make sense?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #103 "Charlie's Knees", question 9

After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee ......... in decorating and painting the house.

(a) deep
(b) level
(c) steep
(d) long

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Charlie's Knees", answer 9

After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee deep in decorating and painting the house.

Correct answer: (a) deep

Your answer was: incorrect
After they were married, Charlie had to work very hard and he was always knee long in decorating and painting the house.
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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense? Thanks in advance.

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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense? #2 (permalink) Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:38 am   Why doesn't "knee long" make sense?
 

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One's knees are a measure of height, not length. The metaphor comes from the physical image of standing in something-- water, mud, trouble-- to the height of one's knees, so that the water or (idiomatically) the trouble is 'knee-deep'.

You can also be waist-deep or up to your neck in difficulties, projects or preschoolers, for instance.
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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense? #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 28, 2011 15:07 pm   Why doesn't "knee long" make sense?
 

Could it also be: After they had married/After they had been married?
Why is there Past Simple in the sentence?
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Why doesn't "knee long" make sense? #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 28, 2011 15:11 pm   Why doesn't "knee long" make sense?
 

'After' clearly orders the events (as does the content); therefore, past perfect is not called for.
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