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be rushed off your feet
be extremely busy
If you are rushed off your feet, you are extremely busy and have no time to stop.
Hear it in real life
Did you get a break today?
Not really - I was rushed off my feet.
We were rushed off our feet during the lunch service.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was rushed from my feet all day.
Say: I was rushed off my feet all day.
The fixed phrase uses “off,” not “from.”
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How it fits in a sentence.
be rushed off your feet; be rushed off my feet
Your turn: say it out loud
We were rushed off our feet during the lunch service.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be rushed off your feet
be extremely busy
“We were rushed off our feet during the lunch service.”
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