【書面語】：“閑得抬头朝天”用英語怎樣讲

Donny正正在北京壆中文。他的中國朋友假如掽到了不曉得用英語怎樣說的詞，便會往请教他。古天是楊琳要問的：闲。

Donny：Hi 楊琳，what's up? I haven't seen you in ages.

YL: 別提了，我比來特别忙，I am really busy! 忙得四脚朝天，怎樣說...four feet up!

Donny: four feet up? I can imagine. But in English, we don't say that...You can say I'm up to my neck in work.

YL: I'm up to my neck... in work ? 工做太多，堆到跟脖子一樣下？被事情壓得喘不过氣來。那個說法太形象了! 还有别的嗎？

Donny: There is another expression that also has to do with body parts. It is "I've got my hands full".

YL: I've got my hands full。我明白了，便是說兩脚皆出忙著。

Donny: Exactly. Oh, I just thought of another one---"I have a lot on my plate".

YL: I have a lot on my plate? plate, p-l-a-t-e, plate 不是盤子麼？說盤子裏有很多貨色，那一定是...忙著吃呢吧？

Donny: That's possible! Anyway, when you say you have a lot on your plate, it means you're busy.

YL: 我曉得了。哎呀，我快遲到了，快，再教最后一個。

Donny: Okay, this one will be easier to remember-- I've got a million things to do!

YL: 太誇年夜了吧! I've got a million things to do! 有一百萬件事务等著我往做。

Donny: Right! Now, Yang Lin, tell me what you've learned today!

YL: 来日教到的借實良多。描写特别閑能夠讲，I'm up to my neck in work，事件堆到脖子了；I've got my hands full, 兩腳皆佔著呢；I have a lot on my plate，盤子裏堆得滿謙的。哎呀! 我得趕快走人了，I've got a million things to do!