יָדָיו מְלֵאוֹת עֲבוֹדָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

His hands are full of work/ to have one's hands full/ to be kept busy

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: very busy with a lot of work; he has a great deal of work.

("for their hands are full of work in this matter" — Responsa Aprakasta De'Anya, part 4, Various Topics, siman 359; and: "Indeed, he is still a young doctor... and yet there is nothing wrong with that: his hands are full of work" — Shalom Aleichem / Doctors, Ro; and: "The study house of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi and his students is bustling; their hands are full of work: collecting laws, clarifying traditions, gathering 'testimonies,' arranging, editing, recording — they are putting the Oral Torah into a book!" — Bialik / Halakhah and Aggadah; and: "The clerks have their hands full and are not free for matters that are of neither their own benefit nor the benefit of the state" — Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, 489)