OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 32183

up to eleven

/ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extremo • máximo
Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree.
But if we try to fly, especially carrying Zealand, we're going to be puking our guts out by the time we get all the way up there. Flying is like motion sickness turned up to eleven…
She and River looked at me hard; but I lowered my eyes and leaned forward, with the nonchalance turned up to eleven, extinguished my cigarette, made eye-contact and nodded curtly.
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