【摩登家庭】“她家里有四个孩子要照看，实在忙得团团转。”

【句子】-- Why would you toss it?
-- Because my hands were full? 【Modern Family S3E21】
【发音】/waɪ/ /wʊd/ /juː/ /tɒs/ /tɑːs/ /ɪt/ /bɪˈkɒz/ /bɪˈkɑːz/ /maɪ/ /hændz/ /wə(r)/ /fʊl/
【发音技巧】would you连读；toss it连读；
【翻译】——你为什么突然扔过来？
——我手忙不过来了呀？
【适用场合】
今天我们学习这个表达，叫做(one's) hands are full；
这个短语的字面意思是：“某个人的手是满的；手上拿满了东西”；在引申义中，也可以理解成：“忙得不可开交；手头事情太多了分身乏术”；
Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else.
eg: I really wish that I could babysit for you tonight, but I'm afraid my hands are full at the moment.
我真的很想今晚帮你照看孩子，但是我这会儿实在抽不开身。
eg: Hey, can you answer the door? I'm taking the roast out of the oven, so my hands are full.
嘿，你能开一下门吗？我正在把烤肉从烤箱里拿出来，手上东西满了腾不开。
口语中你也可以说have one's hands full；
理解成to be very busy or too busy to do sth. else；
eg: She certainly has her hands full with four kids in the house.
她家里有四个孩子要照看，实在忙得团团转。
eg: She had her hands full with new arrivals.
新来的一堆人让她忙得分身乏术。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
Normally I'd pass a project like this on to Dave, but his hands are quite full this month.