hardly have time to breathe

hardly have time to breathe

To be extremely busy. We're trying to finish up that big report, so I hardly have time to breathe these days.See also: breathe, hardly, have, time

hardly have time to breathe

 and scarcely have time to breatheFig. to be very busy. This was such a busy day. I hardly had time to breathe. They made him work so hard that he scarcely had time to breathe.See also: breathe, hardly, have, time