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I'm all tied up. Uh-huh. I'm all tied up.

Oh, oh, yeah.

I'm all tied up.

Sounds like an old Elvis song.

But no, I'm all tied up.

That means I'm busy.

I'm very, very, very, very, very, very busy. I am, I'm all. A-L-L-L-L- it means completely, I'm completely tied up. That's a phrasal verb, T-I-E-D, tied up. In this case,

it's a past participle like an adjective. I am busy. I am all tied up.

So why do we say tied up? Well, imagine that your hands are tied to your desk, to your computer,

and you must keep working, keep working, keep working.

I'm all tied up.

That's the idea.

You are a slave to your work.

You're all tied up.

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