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目が回る

めがまわる

to be dizzy; extremely busy

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Examples

  1. 目が回るほど忙しい。

    めがまわるほどいそがしい。

    I'm dizzyingly busy.

  2. 急に立ったら目が回った。

    きゅうにたったらめがまわった。

    I stood up suddenly and got dizzy.

  3. 年末は毎年、目が回るような忙しさだ。

    ねんまつはまいとし、めがまわるようないそがしさだ。

    The end of the year is a whirlwind every time.

Common patterns

目が回るほど忙しい
to be frantically busy
目が回るような忙しさ
a dizzying rush
目が回る
to feel dizzy (literal)

Memory tip

It has a plain physical sense (feeling dizzy) and a figurative one (being run off your feet). The busy reading almost always comes with ほど or ような attached to 忙しい, so the frame tells you which is meant.

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