have full hands

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have full hands (third-person singular simple present has full hands, present participle having full hands, simple past and past participle had full hands)

  1. Synonym of have one's hands full (to be busy)
    • 1931, Caroline Gardner, Clever Country: Kentucky Mountain Trails, page 115:
      As still more patients were in the offing, the staff continued to be busy right through the noon hour. And as usual when everyone has full hands, there came a message from Wendover which had to be relayed immediately to Flat Creek.