| Very involved |
| Beset by debt |
| Up to one's ears |
| Heavily involved |
| Totally involved |
| Heavily committed |
| Unable to get out |
| Seriously involved |
| ___ over one's head |
| Seriously embroiled |
| Seriously committed |
| Completely committed |
| Financially strapped |
| Dangerously involved |
| Financially committed |
| With barely a way out |
| Irreversibly committed |
| Committed and then some |
| Unable to extricate oneself |