catch at a bad time
catch (one) at a bad time
To encounter or try to communicate or work with someone at an inopportune time, such as when they are busy or preoccupied. I'll definitely help you with that report later—you just happened to catch me at a bad time right now. If Dean was grumpy, you probably just caught him at a bad time.
See also: bad, catch, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
catch someone at a bad time
to attempt to speak or deal with someone at a time inconvenient for that person. I'm sorry. You look busy. Did I catch you at a bad time?
See also: bad, catch, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- catch (one) at a bad time
- catch (one) on the hop
- catch somebody on the hop
- catch someone on the hop
- caught on the hop
- have enough on (one's) plate
- have enough on your plate
- legged
- be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
- contest