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不可开交bù kě kāi jiāo❶打得不可开交 be locked in a fierce struggle
❍ 我们到达时，他们正～。When we arrived,they were locked in a fierce struggle./
❷忙得不可开交 be awfully (/terribly)busy; be heaped high with duties; be immersed in;be kept busy; be snowed under with work;be up to one’s eyes (/ears/neck /shoulders) in work; busy oneself in work;have many irons in the fire; have much on one’s hands; have one’s hands full (/tied for some time to come); not have a moment to spare(/that one can call one’s own)
❍ 于是，他每天送往迎来，催逼勒索，～，庄稼活全交给伙计们自己去安排着做，做得怎样，他也没时间管了； ……(《高玉宝》104) What with receiving such visitors and squeezing the vil lagers,he was kept so busy that he had no time to check up on his hired hands.
❸闹得不可开交 be in the thick of a row; keep up an ear-splitting clamour;the hubbub is at its height
❍ 正在～的时节，李主席打发民兵送了封信来，信套上清楚地写道：“邓秀梅同志亲启”，……(周立波《山乡巨变》274) Just as they were in the thick of a row,a militiaman sent by Chairman Li arrived with a letter clearly addressed，“Personal for Comrade Deng Xiumei，”/这么着，代表对代表，大家脸红脖子粗，～。(袁静《新儿女英雄传》202) Cadre against cadre,delegate against delegate,red in the face,cords standing out in their necks,the peasants kept up an ear-splitting clamour.
❍ 正～时，只见王红眼咧咧着三瓣嘴，迈着大步，从外面进来了。(《高玉宝》33) The hubbub was at its height when in strode the hamlet chief Red-Eye Wang,his hare-lip parted in a grin.
❹争得不可开交 be engaged in a heated argument; be locked in fierce scramble; be locked in rivalry with;get into a hot dispute;the dispute is at its hottest
❍ 正在～，忽然从人堆里钻出来两个民兵，朝那家伙就是两个耳光子，拿出小绳把他绑起来，拉到屯里。(曲波《林海雪原》354) Just as our argument was getting hot,two militiamen pushed through the crowd,grabbed the fellow,tied him up,and took him into town.
❍ ～了，一派突然摊牌，将自己用过的许多法宝搬出来……(《毛泽东选集》1389) When the dispute was at its hottest,one faction suddenly laid its cards on the table and revealed many of its treasured tricks of the past… 不可开交bù kě kāi jiāo开：打开、解开；交：纠缠。无法解决或摆脱。have one’s hands full, unmanageable, be awfully busy |