avere le mani occupate

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to have the hands occupied”.

Verb

avére le mani occupate (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) hò le mani occupate, first-person singular past historic èbbi le mani occupate or ébbi le mani occupate, past participle avùto le mani occupate, first-person singular future avrò le mani occupate, first-person singular subjunctive àbbia le mani occupate, second-person singular imperative àbbi le mani occupate, auxiliary avére)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to have one's hands full