phrase
imati pune ruke posla
to have one's hands full
дел по горло, быть заваленным работой (букв. «полные руки работы» — в русском мера другая, «по горло»)
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, on the spot (not «neither one nor the…
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone's nerves
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make an elephant out of a fly — to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētno way, it wouldn't even occur to me
- prȁviti se lȗdto play dumb, pretend not to understand
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn't care less (lit. «my ear hurts»; crude)
- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto lead someone by the nose, to string someone along
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something
- razbíjati glávuto rack one's brains
- pȕna mi je kȁpaI've had it up to here (lit. «my cap is full»)