гл. sink; ~ в дългове be over head and ears/up to the ears/up to he eyebrows in debt, entangle o.s. in debt; ~ в мръсотия be all in a muck; ~ в работа be up the elbows/eyebrows in work, be swamped with work, be bogged down in work; затънал в тиня mud-bound; колата затъна в калта the car got stuck in the mud, the car was stalled in the mud.