have your hands full
Definition
C2 to be so busy that you do not have time to do anything else: I'd love to help but I've got my hands full organizing the school play.Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly
(Definition of have your hands full from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a head of steam idiom
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- burst noun (INCREASE)
- bustle noun (ACTIVITY)
- bustling adjective
- busy adjective (DOING THINGS)
- circus noun (ATTENTION)
- engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)
- frenetic adjective
- hum verb
- hustle noun
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