have something/somebody on your handsDEAL WITHto have a difficult job, problem, situation etc to deal with 手头有某事/某人待处理〔指困难的事情、问题等〕 I’m afraid we have a murder on our hands, Inspector. 我们恐怕有一宗谋杀案要处理,督察。
have something/somebody on your hands• The Khedive is starting to realize that he might have trouble on his hands.• It is still instinctively held that those involved in engineering science should be useful handymen and will have oil on their hands.• They submitted lest they kill him; his death from the fast would have been on their hands.
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