be up to one’s neck ?忙得不可開(kāi)交

1. I'm almost up to my neck in work.

我工作忙得快喘不過(guò)氣來(lái)了。（工作多到脖子上了）

a long day ?非常忙的一天，度日如年

2. It's been a long day.

今天忙了一天。

a million things/a lot on the plate ?很多很多事情

3. I've got a million things to do./ I've got so much to do.

我活多到根本干不完。

4. I have a lot on my plate.

? ?我忙到處理不過(guò)來(lái)了。

be tied up ? 被占用，很忙

5.I'm tied up at the moment.

我這會(huì)兒正忙呢。

time to catch one's breath ? ?喘口氣的功夫

6. I don't even have time to catch my breath.

我連喘口氣的工夫都沒(méi)有。

a lot of ?sth piled up 一堆東西等著處理

7. There's a lot of work piled up on my desk.

瞧我桌上堆了一堆的事兒要做。

can't leave sth ?忙得不可開(kāi)交, 沒(méi)法分身

8. I can't leave this job at the moment.

我現(xiàn)在離不開(kāi)。

be rushed off one's feet ?雙腳就沒(méi)停過(guò)，忙透了。

9. I am exhausted. I’ve been rushed off my feet all day at the shop.

我感到筋疲力盡。我在店里的一整天都是忙的腳打后腦勺。

appreciate any help sb. could get ?忙得不行，真希望誰(shuí)能幫上忙

10. I'm so busy, I'd really appreciate any help I could get.

我都忙得四腳朝天了，誰(shuí)能幫幫忙，感激不盡。

have/get one’s hands full ?很忙，應(yīng)接不暇

11.I've got my hands full.

?我忙著哩?。▋芍皇侄紱](méi)閑著）

too busy to bother with ?很忙，應(yīng)接不暇

12.I'm too busy to bother with such details.

? ?我沒(méi)空理會(huì)這些細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題。

in the middle of something ? 正忙于某事

13.I'm in the middle of something. Could you call back later?

我現(xiàn)在很忙，你能過(guò)會(huì)給我打電話嗎？

busy as a beaver ? 忙得團(tuán)團(tuán)轉(zhuǎn)

14.He is working so hard that he is as busy as a beaver.

他沒(méi)日沒(méi)夜地工作，看起來(lái)很忙。

be as busy as a bee ? 忙忙碌碌，忙死忙活的

15.He was as busy as a bee trying to put the house in order.

他為了要把家里弄得整整齊齊，忙了好一陣子。