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2021.05.15 13:45

“To have your hands full”

Commonly used idiom.

✔️You can say

your “hands are full” when you are already so busy or have so much work to do that you don’t have time to help anyone else or do anything else.

✔️Examples
•I have my hands full with all these meetings today, so can I call you back tomorrow?

•Paula cannot watch your kids because she has her hands full with her sister’s kids.

•I feel bad I can’t help you with your project because my hands are full. I have my own project.

•My mom can’t go on vacation with us because her hands are full with running her restaurant. That’s the bad thing about owning a restaurant.

✔️OR ... if someone asks you “Can you help me with this...

You can simply reply “Sorry, my have are full.” This means “Sorry, I’m busy. I can’t.”
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  • 가오누 2021.05.15 13:48

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    You can simply reply “Sorry, my have are full.

    You can simply reply “Sorry, my hands are full.

  • Daniel Campos 2021.05.15 13:49

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    You made a mistake at the end of the post. Have - - hands
  • 가오누 2021.05.15 13:50

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    @Daniel Campos Yes, I corrected it here in the comments. ☺️ it’s the autocorrect on my phone. It happens to me a lot. Sorry.
  • Daniel Campos 2021.05.15 13:52

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    @가오누 No prob. Have a nice day
  • 01 2021.05.15 14:21

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    Thanks. This days my hands are full. I hope find free time to continue improving my English.
  • 가오누 2021.05.15 14:23

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    @01 Yes, good! THESE days my hands are full. I hope TO find free time to continue improving my English.
  • Anurag 2021.05.15 14:53

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    "I have a lot on my plate and my hands are full" Are they interchangeable?
  • 阿布Abu 2021.05.15 14:59

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    I really had my hands full last week, so I am planing to get rest this weekend.
  • 가오누 2021.05.15 15:04

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    @Anurag yes, good observation. Pretty much— they are interchangeable:)
  • 가오누 2021.05.15 15:29

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    @阿布Abu nice!
  • Anurag 2021.05.15 16:23

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    @가오누 Thanks a bunch:)

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