Ingls Online Como falo em ingls: T atolado de trabalho

Hello, everyone. No episdio de hoje, falo sobre idioms do ingls usados para dizer que voc est atolado ou at o
pescoo de coisa para fazer.
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Transcrio
/ello, ever0one. /ere1s a ne2 episode of the !nglesonline podcast. Please subscribe to this podcast using the Podcasts
app for iPhone or iPad, or listen to the episodes using the !nglesonline $ndroid app. )han3s for all the coents at the
i)unes store and if 0ou haven1t 0et left a coent for this podcast please do so4 )he ore coents for the
!nglesonline podcast, the ore people 2ill find out about it and listen to the episodes. )han3s for telling 0our friends,
0our neighbor, 0our fail0 and 3eep listening5
)his episode is all about being bus0. $ctuall0, it1s all about being e#treel0 bus0& so uch so that 0ou1re forced to
decline invitations to parties and other social activities... %r a0be a less e#tree situation4 0ou1re having an incredibl0
bus0 afternoon& 0ou1re on a deadline, or 0ou just happen to be overl0 bus0 right no2.
6e1ve alread0 had a podcast episode 2ith the ter 7!1ve got a lot on 0 plate7, 2hich is a prett0 good one. 7!1ve got a
lot on 0 plate right no2, 2hich eans !1 not available for ne2 projects at the oent.7 8o chec3 that episode out if
0ou haven1t listened to it 0et.
.or toda0, though, 2e1ve got another three e#pressions that can be used 2hen 0ou 2ant to conve0 just ho2 uch 2or3
0ou1ve got ahead of 0ou. /ere1s one that ! learned fro 0 2ebsite developer4 snowed under. )hat just eans 0ou
have so uch 2or3 to do. Picture the literal eaning of sno2ed under4 9ou1re covered b0 so uch sno2 that 0ou can1t
get out. 9ou can1t even ove5 9ou1re sno2ed under 2ith 2or3.
:o 2hen Paul, 0 2eb developer, first told e that, ! 2as tr0ing to get hi to do soe 2or3 on 0 2ebsite. /e replied
7!1 prett0 sno2ed under this 2ee3 and the ne#t.7 :o 2hat he 2as telling e, in other 2ords, is that he had a full
2or3load for the ne#t couple of 2ee3s. /e 2as full0 boo3ed for the t2o follo2ing 2ee3s. :o, if 0ou have the chance to
spea3 to a native ;nglish spea3er in the future and 0ou 2anna tell the that 0ou1re too bus0 to do an0thing else, sa0
7!1 prett0 sno2ed under7 2hich is gonna be funn0, since there1s prett0 uch no sno2 in "razil.
/ere1s another one4 s2aped. 7I'm swamped.7 )his is a great ter for 2hen 0ou1re at 2or3, it1s ten inutes before
noon, and 0our colleague rings 0ou to sa0 that ever0one1s going to the !talian place for pasta because it1s <ane1s birthda0
toda0 and the01re going to celebrate. $nd 0ou thin3 of ever0thing 0ou have to get done toda0 before =P> and 0ou just
sha3e 0our head. 9ou sa0 7!1d love to go, but !1 totall0 s2aped. !1 just gonna 2olf do2n 0 sand2ich and get bac3
to 2or3.7
$nd there1s another idio that1s perfect for that4 !1 up to 0 nec3. I'm up to my neck in work. !1 up to 0 nec3 in
paper2or3, in eails, in reports. )his one can be used for an0thing, reall0, not just 2or3. !f there1s soething in 0our
life that feels over2heling, soething of 2hich 0ou1ve got a lot to go through, 0ou could sa04 !1 up to 0 nec3 in
debt. !1 up to 0 nec3 in trouble.
$re 0ou a student? -o 0ou 0ou have a job? "oth, a0be? -oes it feel li3e 0ou1re s2aped ost of the tie? %r
soeties? @et e 3no25 )al3 to 0ou ne#t tie.
Keywords
sno2ed under
s2aped
be up to *soeone1s+ nec3
Glossary
so uch so that A tanto *tBo ocupado+ que
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Ingls Online Como falo em ingls: T atolado de trabalho
0ou1re on a deadline A voc est correndo para cuprir u prazo
another three e#pressions A ais trs e#pressCes
conve0 A counicar
2olf do2n 0 sand2ich A engolir eu sanduDche *quando voc d ordida grande para coer rpido+
over2heling A u sentiento tBo forte que toa conta de voc& pode dei#(lo se reaBo ou liitar sua habilidade de
reagir. ;#.4 over2heling sadness
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