这没工夫想这些事
“and had no time to think about this.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前段时间两头儿跑
“I was running back and forth recently”
这 没工夫 想这些事
“and had no time to think about this.”
这段时间
“Lately,”
“I'm way too overwhelmed to bother with whatever you're bringing up.”
When juggling daily survival or hectic commitments, Chinese speakers bluntly declare lacking 'gongfu' (time/energy) to fend off distractions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
have no time / no spare bandwidth
Extremely common northern spoken expression meaning lacking the free time or mental energy to do something.
dwell on these matters / worry about these things
Used to group trivial or secondary issues together when explaining mental overload.