have full hands

English

Verb

have full hands

  1. Synonym of have one's hands full (“to be busy”)
    • 1931, Caroline Gardner, Clever Country: Kentucky Mountain Trails (page 115)
      As still more patients were in the offing, the staff continued to be busy right through the noon hour. And as usual when everyone has full hands, there came a message from Wendover which had to be relayed immediately to Flat Creek.
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