to cook someone's goose / goose is cooked

Alternative form of avere le mani occupate

(idiomatic) to have one's hands tied

(intransitive, idiomatic) to have one's hands full

to respond sharply

(transitive, idiomatic) to have on one's plate; to have on one's hands

by any means

to indicate the possibility of an unsatisfactory result, implying that it is not the speaker's fault if it happens; to safeguard oneself; to play it safe

(idiomatic) with one's hands in the cookie jar; red-handed

(idiomatic) to be involved in something