生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第524期:加班(4)

13. I'm always tied up with my work.
我總是忙得不可開交。
還能這樣說：
I always have my hands full.
I am on the go.
應用解析：
tie sb. to work 工作纏身；
tie sb. hand and foot 捆住某人的手和腳，使某人不能行動自如；
tie oneself in knots 結婚；
tie in with sth. 有某事一致或有聯繫

14. I don't even have time to catch my breath.
我連喘氣的機會都沒有。
還能這樣說：
I don't have any chance to take a break.
I have no time to rest.
應用解析：
knock the breath out of sb. 使某人大吃一驚；
take breath 歇息；
waste one's breath 白費口舌；
speak under one's breath 低聲細語；
save one's breath 不做聲，沉默

15. Could you stay late?
你能晚點兒下班嗎？
還能這樣說：
Could you work overtime?
Could you leave here for exra work?
應用解析：
be here to stay 被普遍接受；
stay one's anger 息怒；
stay clear of sth. 避免涉及某事；
stay put 待在原地，固定不動

16. Don't work too hard.
別過度勞累。
還能這樣說：
Don't be overtired.
you'd better not work too tired.
應用解析：
be hard done by 虧待，苛待；
die hard 習慣不易根除；
hard at it 竭盡全力；
as hard as nails 冷酷無情，鐵石心腸的；
hard facts 客觀事實