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Kurz vor dem Abgabetermin hat Otti alle Hände voll zu tun und isst sein Brötchen am Schreibtisch. Shortly before the deadline, Otti has his hands full and eats his roll at his desk.

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alle Hände voll zu tun haben

[ˈalə ˈhɛndə ˈfɔl t͡suː ˈtuːn ˈhaːbn̩]

to have one's hands full, to be up to one's ears in work

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Other Examples

  • Ich habe diese Woche alle Hände voll zu tun und kaum Zeit zum Schlafen, geschweige denn fürs Kino.

    I've got my hands full this week and hardly any time to sleep, let alone for the cinema.

  • In der Woche vor der Eröffnung haben die Bibliothekarinnen alle Hände voll zu tun.

    In the week before the opening, the librarians have their hands full.

  • Habt ihr vor Weihnachten auch immer alle Hände voll zu tun?

    Do you always have your hands full before Christmas too?

In Otti's situations: Otti leads a project

absehbar das Arbeitspaket delegieren einhalten die Kapazität koordinieren die Machbarkeit der Meilenstein priorisieren die Priorität das Projekt die Projektleitung

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