摘要：have your hands full忙得不可开交；忙得应接不暇；忙得团团转；忙得马不停蹄to be very busy or too busy to do sth else例：She had her hands full with new arrivals

have your hands full

忙得不可开交；忙得应接不暇；忙得团团转；忙得马不停蹄

to be very busy or too busy to do sth else

例：

She had her hands full with new arrivals.

她忙于应付新来的人。

She certainly has her hands full with four kids in the house.

家里养着四个孩子，她当然忙得团团转。

I have got my hands full already with all kinds of work, and haven't got the time for any more.

我手头已经堆满了各种工作，因此我无暇再搞别的事啦。

I'd love to help but I've got my hands full organizing the school play.

我很想帮忙，可是我正忙着组织学校的戏剧演出，腾不出空儿来。

类似表达法：

I'm swamped with work at the moment.

我这会儿忙得不可开交。

The department was swamped with job applications.

面对纷至沓来的求职申请，这个部门疲于应对。

Be swamped with work

I've been on the go all day, and I'm really tired.

我一整天都忙个不停，真的很累。

I got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time.

我今年找了份新工作，一直忙得不可开交。

I've been on the go all day.

我一整天忙得马不停蹄。

on the go

The aid agencies have more than enough on their plate without having unnecessary visitors to take care of.

即使不接待那些不必要的来访者，援助事务所也已经忙得不可开交。

have a lot on my plate

have sth on your plate

I'm afraid we can't meet till Wednesday - I'm tied up on Monday and Tuesday.

恐怕我们要到周三才能碰头——我周一和周二都脱不开身。

He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know...

他正忙他那本新书。他在辛勤工作，您是知道的。

be tied up

I'd love to stop and talk, but I'm pressed for time.

我真想停下来聊聊天，但我的时间太紧了。

I'm afraid I'll be tied up until 7 o'clock.; I'm afraid I won't be free until 7 o'clock.

我七点钟以前恐怕抽不出身来。

He is too tied up with his work to get away.

他工作太忙，拔不出身。

The task is hard and we are pressed for time.

任务重，时间紧。

Be pressed for time/ money/space

I'm really pressed for cash at the moment.

眼下我真的缺钱。

I'm far too busy to sit around here.

我忙得不可开交，没空在这儿闲坐。

He's fully occupied looking after three small children.

照顾三个小孩把他忙得不可开交。

We're up to our eyes in work. 我们工作忙得不可开交。

We're up to our ears in work. 我们工作忙得不可开交。

They're up to their eyeballs in work. 他们工作忙得不可开交。

I completely forgot her birthday, what with one thing and another.

因为忙得不可开交，我把她的生日忘得一干二净。

We used to be rushed off our feet at lunchtimes.

以前我们在午饭时间会忙得不可开交。

Phil Martin is an exceptionally busy man. 菲尔·马丁整天忙得不可开交。

I'm always terribly busy on Thursdays. 一到星期四我就忙得不可开交。

She bustled around in the kitchen. 她在厨房里忙得团团转。

My mother bustled around the kitchen我母亲在厨房忙得团团转。

We're all in a state of perpetual motion in this office. 我们这个办公室里大家总是忙得团团转。

She is as busy as a bee in the morning.

早上她总是忙得团团转。

We have been deluged with applications for the job. 申请这个工作的求职信使我们应接不暇。

来源：翅膀英语一点号