DON’T ALWAYS SAY …

`I’m very busy’…

Officials have been swamped by a constant round
of institutional changes.
 I’m overloaded

You have a lot of things to do and

you are overwhelmed/you can’t do
them all.
 I’M TIED UP … IN A
MEETING

If someone or something is tied up, they are busy or being

used, with the result that they are not available for
anything else. `He's tied up with his new book´.
WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
I'd love to help but I've got
my hands full organizing
the school play.