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busy as a beaver; busy as a bee; busy as a cat on a hot tin roof; busy as a cranberry merchant; busy as a fish peddler in Lent; busy as a hibernating bear; busy as a one-armed paperhanger; Busy As Full; busy as Grand Central Station;
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Busy As Full; busy as Grand Central Station; busy as popcorn on a skillet; Busy beaver; Busy beaver; Busy beaver function; Busy beaver function; Busy Beaver Number; Busy Beaver Number; Busy beaver problem; Busy beaver problem; busy bee; busy bee; busy bee; Busy Bee Air Service; Busy Bee of Norway;
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Also, busy as a bee. Hardworking, very industrious, as in With all her activities, Sue is always busy as a bee, or Bob's busy as a beaver trying to finish painting before it rains. The comparison to beavers dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the late 1300s. Also see eager beaver;
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bie), possibly from PIE base *bhi- "quiver." Used metaphorically for "busy worker" since 1535. Sense of "meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one ... In addition to the idiom beginning with bee, also see birds and the bees; busy as a beaver (bee); make a beeline for; none of one's business (beeswax).
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Answer keys: (1) That car I was going to buy turned out to be a busted... (2) You must have been as busy as a beaver to get all this done! Your yard is raked, the stairs are ... english slang idioms (34), usage of busted, beaver, bee, butterfingers, stomach, ... You must have been as busy as a beaver to get all this done!
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: : : : I consider the expression "busy as a beaver," and the even more common "busy as a bee," to belong to the category of clichés, rather than idioms. They are idiomatic, with or without the first "as," only in the sense that they are part of the normal way of using the language.
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In Reply to: Re: Busy Bee posted by Q on August 08, 2001 ... : I've also heard the phrase "Busy little beaver" reflecting the 'round-the-clock effort towards the making of his water chalet. : I think many people insert what they wish after "Busy as.." Ie: "Busy as a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.";
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Dictionary entry overview: What does busy bee mean? ... • BUSY BEE (noun); The noun BUSY BEE has 1 sense: ... busy bee; eager beaver; live wire; sharpie; sharpy...
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Encyclopedia article about Busy Beaver. Information about Busy Beaver in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Busy Beaver; Busy beaver function; Busy beaver function; Busy Beaver Number; Busy Beaver Number; Busy beaver problem; Busy beaver problem; busy bee; busy bee;
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posted by The Funky Bee @ 8/17/2009 07:57:00 PM 7 comments ... Wow...where the hell have I been? Okay, so my life, although busy, is still as lame as usual...Work has been super busy and our weekends still suck because we've had weddings or some event to go to every weekend.
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