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英語(yǔ)中表達“忙死了”的短語(yǔ)，有一個(gè)跟耳朵有關(guān)：Up to one's ears。

例句1: "Half the people in my office are home sick, so I'm up to my ears!"

這個(gè)人說(shuō)：“我辦公室里有一半的人有病請假，所以我簡(jiǎn)直忙得不得了。”

下面這個(gè)例子是一個(gè)丈夫為了逃避到廚房去幫他太太的忙正在找借口：

例句2:"Gee, honey, you know I'd like to help you paint the kitchen tonight, but I'm up to my ears in paper work.

I had to bring home from the office. "

這個(gè)丈夫說(shuō)：“親愛(ài)的，你知道我很愿意今晚幫你把廚房上油漆。可是我從辦公室帶回來(lái)好些要做的事。”

Up to one's ears 當然還有其他意思：

例句3:"The mayor says he didn't know people on his staff were taking bribes. But my guess is he's up to his ears in it."

這句話(huà)的意思是：“市長(cháng)說(shuō)他不知道他手下的工作人員接受賄賂。可是，我猜想他完全是介入這些事的。”