焦头烂额 (焦頭爛額) jiāo tóu làn é

jiāo tóu làn é set phrase badly burned about the head from trying to assist in a fire; working under hardship
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '焦頭爛額'; Guoyu '焦頭爛額'; Mathews 1931 '焦頭爛額', p. 99)