hardly have time to breathe

hardly have time to breathe

To be extremely busy. We're trying to finish up that big report, so I hardly have time to breathe these days.
See also: breathe, hardly, have, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hardly have time to breathe

 and scarcely have time to breathe
Fig. to be very busy. This was such a busy day. I hardly had time to breathe. They made him work so hard that he scarcely had time to breathe.
See also: breathe, hardly, have, time
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • hardly have time to think
  • scarcely have time to breathe
  • all the time
  • not breathe a word of (something)
  • able
  • as I live and breathe
  • As I live and breathe!
  • come up for air
  • clog up
  • the calm after a storm