phrase
imati pune ruke posla
to have one’s hands full, to be snowed under (with work)
быть заваленным работой, иметь дел по горло (буквально «полные руки»)
With stress
ìmati pȕne rȗke pòsla
In Cyrillic
имати пуне руке посла
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, without further ado, on the spot
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone’s nerves, to annoy
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make a mountain out of a molehill, to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētI wouldn’t dream of it, no way, it wouldn’t even occur to me
- prȁviti se lȗdto play dumb, pretend not to understand
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn’t care less, I don’t give a damn (literally ‘my ear hurts’)
- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto string someone along, to lead someone up the garden path
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something, to throw in the towel
- razbíjati glávuto rack one’s brains
- pȕna mi je kȁpaI’ve had it up to here, I’m fed up (literally ‘my cap is full’)