There's only one secretary working for the whole accounts department and the poor woman is run off her feet.
We weren't exactly rushed off our feet - there was only one visitor all afternoon.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
run off your feet — If you are run off your feet, you are extremely busy and don t have enough time to do everything … The small dictionary of idiomes
run off one's feet — Exhausted by overwork • • • Main Entry: ↑run … Useful english dictionary
run off your feet — rushed/run/off your feet phrase very busy We’ll be rushed off our feet around lunchtime. Thesaurus: busy and workingsynonym Main entry: foot … Useful english dictionary
be rushed off feet — be run/rushed off (your) feet to have to work very hard or very fast. There s only one secretary working for the whole accounts department and the poor woman is run off her feet. We weren t exactly rushed off our feet there was only one visitor… … New idioms dictionary
be run off your feet — be run/rushed off (your) feet to have to work very hard or very fast. There s only one secretary working for the whole accounts department and the poor woman is run off her feet. We weren t exactly rushed off our feet there was only one visitor… … New idioms dictionary
(be) run off your feet — be rushed/run off your ˈfeet idiom to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do • Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet. Main entry: ↑footidiom … Useful english dictionary
be run off one's feet — ► be run off one s feet be extremely busy. Main Entry: ↑run … English terms dictionary
run — ► VERB (running; past ran; past part. run) 1) move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. 2) move about in a hurried and hectic way. 3) pass or cause to pass: Helen ran her fingers through her … English terms dictionary
run — [run] vi. ran or Dial. run, run, running [altered (with vowel prob. infl. by pp.) < ME rinnen, rennen < ON & OE: ON rinna, to flow, run, renna, to cause to run (< Gmc * rannjan); OE rinnan, iornan: both < Gmc * renwo < IE base * er … English World dictionary
be run off your feet — be run/rushed off your feet ► to be extremely busy: »Business was booming, and everyone in the office was rushed off their feet. Main Entry: ↑foot … Financial and business terms
