"neko no te mo karitai"
猫の手も借りたい
I thought this one might apply to many of you this busy season. Literally it means to wanting to borrow even the hand of a cat.
It applies to someone who is swamped, shorthanded. Someone who is so busy that they'll even accept the help of a cat. If you think about it, being willing to accept the help of a cat is pretty desperate!
So, if you're feeling this way this week in the lead up to Christmas, just say, "I'm so busy I would even accept the help of a cat!"
2 comments:
Love that idiom! That's a great one. And I could do with a hand but quite frankly my 17-year old cat is not inclined to lift so much as a whisker in my direction at present.
That's interesting. I have read previously of someone who was so tired that she wanted to "borrow a pair of legs from the cat". I can;t remember where the book was set.
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