pressed for time | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)in a hurry, without spare time.2019November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:But as our urban lives have grown morepressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes.1922February,James Joyce,Ulysses, Paris:Shakespeare and Company,[…],→OCLC:Episode 16So as neither of them were particularlypressed for time, as it happened, and the temperature refreshing since it cleared up after the recent visitation of Jupiter Pluvius, they dandered along past by where the empty vehicle was waiting without a fare or a jarvey

Examples:

EN: Yes, they're pressed for time.
ES: Sí, tienen poco tiempo.
EN: Kid, I'm givin' you a break 'Cause I'm pressed for time.
ES: Chico, te estoy dando una oportunidad porque tengo prisa.
EN: We're pressed for time.
ES: No tenemos mucho tiempo.
EN: Uh, I'm rather pressed for time, but it's very kind.
ES: Gracias. Tengo poco tiempo, pero muchas gracias.
EN: They asked me to say they were pressed for time.
ES: Me pidieron que le dijese que tienen mucha prisa.
EN: It's just that we are a little bit pressed for time.
ES: Es que vamos mal de tiempo.
EN: I'd love to discuss your business with you. But I'm pressed for time, and I regard you very highly, so I'll make you an offer.
ES: Si yo pudiese entretenerme, me divertiría mucho hablando con usted de su comercio, pero tengo mucha prisa y mucha estima por usted.
EN: You will forgive this intrusion, Your Majesty but events move rapidly and we are pressed for time.
ES: Perdonareis esta intrusión, Majestad pero los acontecimientos se precipitan y el tiempo apremia.
EN: - I understand that you are pressed for time.
ES: - Sé que viene con el tiempo justo.
EN: Madam, I regret that I'm contributing very little to the situation and I'm pressed for time so if you'd be good enough to tell me who you are...
ES: Lamento no contribuir mucho a esta situación, y tengo bastante prisa. Así que dígame quién es.
EN: Ladies and gentlemen, we are pressed for time!
ES: Damas y caballeros, el tiempo apremia.
EN: Now Taplow will be late... and I'm so pressed for time I hardly know how to fit him in as it is.
ES: Ahora Taplow se retrasará... y estoy tan escaso de tiempo que no sé como arreglármelas.
EN: Forgive me, I'm pressed for time.
ES: Perdóname. Estoy apremiado por el tiempo.
EN: I'll admit I'm pressed for time.
ES: Sí, la verdad es que tengo algo de prisa.
EN: I'm rather pressed for time.
ES: Tengo cierta prisa.

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