应接不暇 [- jiē bù xiá]too busy to attend to all; be too busy with seeing guests; have more visitors or business than one can attend to; I had enough to do to give each a courteous reply.; It is more than one can attend to.; not able to attend to all; play host to a constant stream [streams] of callers; too many (affairs; visitors) to attend to; up to one's ears in work; very busy:•¶ 顾客很多， 售货员应接不暇。 There were so many customers that the shop assistants couldn't attend to them all.
•¶ 病人太多， 我一个人应接不暇。 There were more patients than I could attend to single-handed.