be rushed off your feet

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   忙得不可开交；要做太多的事

   to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do

   No one comes. And we're run off our feet with everything else.

   - She's been run off her feet, sir. - How so?

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• Poor Mr. Poole, run off his feet.Mary Reilly1996
• No one comes. And we're run off our feet with everything else.Come from Away2021
• - She's been run off her feet, sir. - How so?Amazing Grace2006

在完整场景里学

• 远道而来2021
  • 咖啡馆里传来紧急命令：a lay of the land（摸清情况）
  • 客机迫降甘德小镇：shaking like a leaf（抖得像片叶子）
  • 小镇宣布紧急状态：a state of emergency（紧急状态）
• 奇异的恩典2006
  • 巴斯温泉边被牵线：anything but（唯独不是）
  • 草地上坦白信上帝：ran away with（跟人一走了之）
  • 劝老友重返政坛：where your heart lies（心到底在哪边）

同一词条的短语

• fall on your feet
• feet first
• get a foot in the door
• get off on the right foot
• get your feet wet
• have feet of clay
• have your feet on the ground
• have a foot in both camps
• have one foot in the grave
• …my foot
• on your feet
• put your best foot forward