have sth on your plate
informalto have something, usually a large amount of important work, to deal with:
She's got a lot on her plate - especially with two new projects starting this week.
The aid agencies have (more than) enough on their plate without having unnecessary visitors to take care of.
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Busy and active
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- arena
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- buzz
- foot
- girlie swot
- hard-working
- harness
- have (got) sth on
- have your hands full idiom
- hurly-burly
- knee-deep
- mad
- spread
- stimulating
- tie sb up
- well away idiom
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