scarcely have time to breathe

scarcely have time to breathe

To be extremely busy. We're trying to finish up that big report, so I scarcely have time to breathe these days.
See also: breathe, have, scarcely, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • hardly have time to think
  • hardly have time to breathe
  • against the clock
  • (it's) time to run
  • (it's) time to push along
  • about time
  • (it's) (a)bout time
  • (it's) time to hit the road
  • a week from next Tuesday
  • (it's) time to move along