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主题: To be up against it 赶时间 [] |
![]() To be up against it 赶时间 From [TopSage]: If you’re up against it, you’re extremely busy with a tight deadline to meet. For example: I’m sorry I’ll call you later. I’m really up against it today. He’s got lots to do today. He’s really up against it. I was up against it last week. Sorry I didn’t have time to see you. Don’t confuse it with Another similar phrase is to race against the clock. That means trying to achieve or finish a task in a set amount of time. It’s a race against the clock. I don’t think I’m going to have this presentation done in time. Interesting fact According to figures issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2011 people in Greece, Hungary and Poland worked the most hours per week in Europe.
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