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为什么一天24小时总觉得不够用，因为忙，很忙，特别忙……busy,very busy,so busy...。除了大家都会的“busy”这个词，还可以用哪些地道的表达呢？

1.I’m tied up.

Be tied up这个短语可以解释为：to be very busy and unable to speak to anyone,go anywhere.Tie本身有“系”“捆绑”的意思，非常形象，形容某人“忙得（脱不了身）”。该短语多用于商业场合。如：

1）Mrs Moran is tied up in a meeting at the moment，but I’ll ask her to call you later. 莫兰夫人此刻正忙着开会，我要她待会儿再给你打电话。

2）I’m afraid I can’tmeet with you on Mondayat3：00.I’llbetied up allMonday afternoon.我恐怕星期一下午3点不能和你见面。我整个星期一下午都脱不开身。

2.Someone’s hands are full.

这句话可以解释为：Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else.形容手头的工作很多，应接不暇。如：

1）I really wish that I could babysit for you tonight,but I’m afraid my hands are full at the moment.今晚我本希望可以帮你照顾小孩，但这会儿手头工作实在是太多了。

2）Normally I’d pass a project like this on to Dave,but his hands are quite full this month.

通常我可以把项目交给戴夫来做，但这个月他很忙，应接不暇。

3.I’m up to my eyeballs in work.

这句话可以解释为：extremely busy(with something);deeply or overly involved (in something);Eyeball的意思是“眼球”，形容工作堆积如山，已经堆到眼前了，同样用来形容某人非常忙碌的状态。如：

There’s no way I can take a vacation right now.I’m up to my eyeballs in work at the moment.现在我不可能休假，工作堆积如山。

4.I’m overloaded.

Overload在这里作形容词，意思是“超负荷的”“超载的”，形容某人忙碌时，已经忙得筋疲力尽。如：

I’ve been working for 20 hours. I’m overloaded.

我已经连续工作20个小时了，感觉身体被掏空了。