10 Ways to Say Im Busy in English - Learn English with Harry ??

10 Ways to Say Im Busy in English - Learn English with Harry ?? Here you will learn 10 different ways to say Im busy in English.You wont be surprised to hear that there are so many different ways to say Im busyin English.  And its one of those phrases that youll hear a lot in modern life. There is something about the way we live today that trains us to believe that we have to busy all the time.  So what alternatives ways you can use to say Im busy in English? 10 Other Ways to Say I'm Busy in English Welcome to our English courses and today Im going to talk to you about different ways to say Im busy in English.But before I get started, I just like to remind you about our Easy Peasy Club.When you get onto our website www.englishlessonviaskype.com this is a VIP English Learning Club So lets talk about Im busy. There are many ways in which we can say it when we talk about busy.   Busy means I havent got time for something else or somebody else. Could you help me with the housework? No, Im busy. Could you do some extra work? No, Im sorry, Im busy. Could you help me with my homework, Dad? No, Im busy.How many other ways can we say it?Well, there are many ways that are connected with parts of the body.For example, IM UP TO MY EYES.Meaning up here. Im up to my eyes.Another way a lot of people say IM UP TO MY NECK in it. Im really really busy. I have lots of work.IM UP TO THE TOP OF MY HEAD or   IM OVER MY HEAD in work.So these are all parts of the body. Ways to Say I'm Busy in English Or indeed even Ive heard somebody say UP TO MY EARS this week.up to my eyesup to my earsup to my neckover my headin work all meaning the exact same thing, meaning that Im very busy.And usually its referring to paperwork.Okay, a lot of our work these days is done over the internet but this means exactly the same. So lots of paperwork to do and lots of paperwork to complete.So what other ways are there to say Im busy?Well, we can say IM SWAMPED.Like a swamp where you sink so you can feel yourself sinking under the weight of the work that you have to do.Im swamped this week, I really cant do any more. Lets put up that meeting until next week.Or you can say IM SNOWED UNDER or SNOWED INLike the snow that falls in the sky. As the snow falls, it gets higher and higher. So when youre snowed under, youve got the snow up to here and you cant seem to move.So when youre really busy Im snowed under.Look, Im snowed under for the next two weeks, my boss is away. So I really dont have any time, Im w orking late every night. Lets put off our meeting for a little while.We can just simply say IM TIED UPTo tie something means to tie a knot. When youre tied up, you cant move, you have to stay at the desk or do what youre doing. Im tied up all this week. Ive got meetings back to back.This means that youre really busy and you dont have time for anything else. You can say  IM ENGAGEDEngaged  can have a lots of different meanings but when somebody means youre engaged it means youre busy.Often that is used when somebody phones for you. They phone through and they get a secretary or somebody else in the office and they say: Hello, can I speak to Harry please? Im sorry, hes engaged at the moment.meaning hes busy, hes on another phone line. You can leave a message and Ill tell him to call you.Im engaged  or  hes engaged  or  hes been engaged  on another telephone call for quite a bit of time.If you go past an office in the building you might see a notice on the door  engaged, dont enter  meaning whoevers inside is busy.So other ways when we can say that were busy, something a little bit more formal  I HAVE A LOT TO DO or  IVE LOTS TO DO.It means lots of things lots of meetings, lots of work, lots of emails, lots of housework. Whatever it might be.Dont bother me now, Ive lots to do.I have a lot to do tomorrow so Im not going to be able to call you, why dont you talk to me on Thursday or Friday?We all like talking about food these days, and we can use MY PLATE IS FULL to say Im busy.It doesnt mean that youve got too much food on your plate, it means your work plate, or whatever youve got to do, its full.   Youve more than enough than you can handle or deal with. And you know you cant really take any anything else or anymore.Theres lots and lots of expressions that we can use to say that Im busy.   We can say say:up to my eyesup to my neckup to my earsover my headin work so all references to part of parts of the body.Im swamped (like sinking under the weight of the work that I have to do) Im snowed in or snowed under (youre disappearing under the weight of the work)Im over my headIm tied upIm engagedI have too much work to doIve lots to do/a lot of work to doMy plate is fullso lots of nice expressions in which you can say that Im busy and remember to subscribe to my channel and as always join us on our web page www.englishl essonviaskype.com. Other Ways to Say I'm Busy in English