累 Flashcards
I’m preoccupied at the moment.
And preoccupied, this is just a synonym for busy.
my schedule is full.”
So if you want to tell someone you’re busy and you don’t want to be rude or impolite, you can just tell them, you know, my schedule is full.
I’ve got too much going on
You don’t know if it’s work or if it’s personal, but it’s a nice way of just telling somebody, look, I, you know, I don’t have any free time right now because I’ve got too much going on.
I’ve got a lot on my plate.
You have food on a plate.
If there’s a lot on it, then that yeah, that’s pretty full, that’s pretty busy.
I’m tied up right now.
我现在忙得不可开交。
I’m swamped
Then we have another one which means the same as I’m swamped, and that’s just to tell someone I’m overwhelmed.
I have way too much going on right now. I’m just overwhelmed.
I’m buried in work
‘m knee deep in work.