not a moment to breathe

No opportunity at all to pause, relax, or otherwise take a break from something. The ER was overrun with patients after the train crash. We didn't have a moment to breathe in between patients. I won't have a moment to breathe today with all these back-to-back meetings.

See also: breathe, moment, not, to

See also:

draw breath
take time out
pregnant
pregnant pause
a pregnant pause
a pregnant pause/silence
Time out!
Time!
break for
break for (someone or something)

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