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🙎　累

＊　I'm exhausted = I’m dead（pretty）tired  　我累壞了

＊　It's killing me 　 真的把我累慘了

＊　I've had a very long hard day 　我今天很累了
 

beat（adj）　 very tired
I’ve been cleaning up my room since this morning。I’m beat

dead（adj）　疲累的 　very tired
I'm dead after that long trip

worn out（adj）　  Someone who is worn out is extremely tired after hard work or a difficult or unpleasant experience
You're worn out，go home and get some rest

burn out 　 If you burn yourself out, you make yourself exhausted or ill by working too hard

overwhelm　難以承受　If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it
Jeff found himself overwhelmed with the heavy workload

➢　overwhelm by / with

✔　heavy workload　龐大的工作量

🙎　忙

in the middle of something / v-ing 　busy doing something
Is it okay if I call you back ? I'm just in the middle of something
When you called，I was in the middle of giving the baby a bath

➢　in the middle of v-ing  忙於...

tied up （adj）　很忙（被事情綁住了）　if someone is tied up, they are busy and not available
He's tied up with his new book
I'm afraid we can't meet till Wednesday，I'm tied up on Monday and Tuesday

➢　be tied up

have hands full    
A：Could you cover for me this morning? I have my hands all full，so I have no time going to see the dentist
B：Sure, no problem

＊　My hands are full right now 　　指現在很忙

as busy as a bee 
She's as busy as a bee，always going to meetings and organizing parties

engaged（adj） 　忙線中　 If a telephone or line is engaged , it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning
The line is engaged=busy
We tried to call you back but you were engaged

➢　a telephone or line is engaged（= busy）

a million things   　很多事情
I have a million things to do today

have a lot on plate
I wish I could go to your pajama party，but I have a lot on my plate on Saturday night

（be）snowed under with    很多工作或事情要處理　If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with
I'm sorry，I can't write that report for you right now，I'm snowed under with work today

➢　（be）snowed under with

have other fish to fry 　有別的事情要做、有更重要的事情要處理　　to have other things to do; to have more important things to do
Sorry，I can't go with you。I have other fish to fry

（not）make it  　及時赴約或趕上　reach in time
I’m sorry I can't make it tomorrow

＊　I don't have time to catch my breath  　指現在很忙（連呼吸的時間都沒有）