alle Hände voll zu tun haben

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alle Hände voll zu tun haben (irregular, third-person singular present hat alle Hände voll zu tun, past tense hatte alle Hände voll zu tun, past participle alle Hände voll zu tun gehabt, past subjunctive hätte alle Hände voll zu tun, auxiliary haben)

  1. to have one's hands full
    • 1914, Walther Kabel, Die Katastrophe von Para-Dschala, in: Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens, year 1914, volume 5, Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, page 221:
      Bis dahin hatte England alle Hände voll zu tun, um die rebellischen Völker Indiens niederzuzwingen.
      Until then, England had her hands full subduing the rebellious peoples of India.

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