手一杯

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

ていっぱい【手一杯】

• 彼女は赤ん坊の世話で手一杯だ
  She 「has her hands full [is busy enough just] taking care of her baby.
• 彼は目下論文の校正で手一杯だ
  He is now fully occupied with the proofreading of his thesis.
• 彼は手一杯に事業を広げた
  He extended his business 「to the full [to the limit of his means].

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