(someone's) hands are full



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(someone's) hands are full

Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else. I really wish that I could babysit for you tonight, but I'm afraid my hands are full at the moment. Normally I'd pass a project like this on to Dave, but his hands are quite full this month.
See also: full, hand

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SherrySHER-eeEnglish
RasmusRAHS-moosDanish, Swedish, Norwegian
Stevo-Serbian, Croatian
Sophea-Khmer
Maryannemer-ee-AN, mar-ee-ANEnglish
Temujin-History