昨天我们学到的习语"busy beaver"，可以说"busy beaver"们的时间一定经常很紧张，有人可能觉得“时间紧张”也可以用“Time is tight”，这是比较简单的一种用法，那还有其他地道的表达方式吗？

C: Hi guys. I’m Chris.
 
J: And I’m Joy. The idiom we’ll be covering today is: pressed for time. It means that someone is in a hurry and has limited amount of time. You can use it like this:
I’m pressed for time. / She was pressed for time. / They are gonna be pressed for time.
 
C: So being pressed means that something is pushing on you, giving you pressure. We can understand this as not having enough of something. Maybe you are trying to finish a project. The deadline is tomorrow. But your colleagues ask you if you will be joining them for dinner after work. You might want to tell them: I would love to go but I’m really pressed for time. Or maybe you are in a rush to go to a class. And your friend messages you and wants to chat about something. You can reply: I can’t chat with you right now. I’m on my way to my class and I’m pressed for time. Another way to use this is to talk about money, like: I’m pressed for money right now, meaning that you don’t have enough money. So here’s an example of this idiom:

 

 
J: Hey Shawn. Could you give me a hand with this please?
 
C: Please make it quick. I’m a little pressed for time. My plane leaves in two hours.
 
J: Oh sure. I just need five minutes.
 

C: Yesterday, we learned the idiom busy beavers. I bet you guys out there who are busy beavers must be pressed for time quite often.
 
J: Yep, I believe so. No matter how busy you are, don’t forget to practice English everyday and follow our channel. Talk to you next time! Bye!