穷于应付

qióng yú yìng fù

Definitions

1. to struggle to cope (with a situation)
2. to be at one's wits' end

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Child Words of 穷于应付

to pay

to agree (to do sth)

to answer

to deal with

(of time or place) in; at; on

poor