으랴

Juggling several things at once

-으랴 comes doubled, listing the things pulling at someone at the same time: 웃으랴 놀라랴 바쁨 'busy laughing and being startled', 구우랴 말하랴 'what with grilling and talking.' Every line here is that paired shape, and most are captions labelling how run off their feet someone is. The tone is sympathetic rather than complaining.

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