"hardly have time to breathe" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 几乎没有时间喘气

Definition

如果你几乎没有时间喘气，表示你非常忙，几乎没有空闲时间。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是非正式的习惯用语，用于强调非常忙，没有空闲。一般说“我几乎没有时间喘气”，表达压力或忙碌，不是字面意思。

Examples

This week, I hardly have time to breathe because of all my meetings.

这周因为开会，我**几乎没有时间喘气**。

Parents of newborn babies hardly have time to breathe.

有新生儿的父母**几乎没有时间喘气**。

She works so much that she hardly has time to breathe.

她工作太多，**几乎没有时间喘气**。

Since I started my new job, I hardly have time to breathe during the day.

自从我开始新工作以来，白天我**几乎没有时间喘气**。

With all these deadlines, we hardly have time to breathe around here!

这些截止日期快把我们弄得**几乎没有时间喘气**！

During finals week, students hardly have time to breathe, let alone go out.

考试周期间，学生们**几乎没有时间喘气**，更别提出去了。