I wish I wasn't up to my eyeballs in work
Imagine:
I are working very hard. You have been already working for 7 hours.
Your collegue comes and says: " Come on, you nerd! Let's have some lunch"
You reply: "I'm up to my eyeballs in work, can't you see? I wish I could go, but my boss will kill me"
up to my eyeballs in something - быть по уши в чем-то (и вам это вряд ли нравится)
Хочется почему-то всегда говорить "I'm up to my BALLS in it", но это другое, и вообще так не говорят
The one-time media tycoon is down on his luck, out of a job, and up to his eyeballs in debt. - Бывшему медиамагнату не повезло, он остался без работы и по уши в долгах