short of hands

Example : They were short of hands at harvest time.

他们在收获季节缺乏人手.

This is a shock task. It'll be no good to be short of hands.

这是一项突击任务，人少了不济事。

Family and school education is like the hands of people, both wings of the bird, be short of one cannot.

家庭和学校对教育犹如人之双手，鸟之两翼，缺一不可。

This pair of fire tongs is too short. One might burn one's hands while fetching coal!

这个火筷子做的太短了, 取煤的时候很容易烫到手!

In a short while, he came back with a spade, an old bamboo stick and a piece of rubber hand. He worked with his deft hands on the bent cypress, until it was straight again.

一会，他带来一把铁锹、一截旧茅竹、橡皮带，手脚麻利地不停地劳作，那株倾斜的龙柏终于挺直了脊梁，牢牢地屹立在校园。

I hear you're short of hands.

我听说你们缺少人手.