5
distressed
3
busy
2
hard put
2
pushed(adjective, busy, strained)
1
stressed
1
up against it(expression, idiom)
0
at the double(expression, idiom)
0
crowded
0
desperate
0
double-quick
0
double-time
0
double time
0
hard-pushed
0
hard-run
0
hard up
0
hurried
0
in a bad way
0
in desperate straits(expression, idiom)
0
in difficulties
0
in extremis
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