她现在真是焦头烂额了
“She is really overwhelmed right now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那何韩老师 你能不能帮老板一下呀
“Mr. He Han, can you help my boss?”
她现在 真是 焦头烂额 了
“She is really overwhelmed right now.”
喂
“Hello.”
“She is completely swamped in a total mess right now.”
Instead of saying an outright 'no' to helping someone, Chinese speakers often emphasize how completely messy the third party's situation is to imply that help cannot solve the root problem.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
battered; in a terrible fix; utterly overwhelmed by troubles
A vivid four-character idiom frequently used in spoken and written Chinese to portray someone drowning in messy problems.
Indicates a new state of overwhelming chaos.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm completely overwhelmed.”
“It's driving Zhang Cailu crazy.”
“- She's overwhelmed now. - as everyone can see, - She's no time to cause you trouble. - it doesn't affect us much.”