busy little beaver
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6.2
- idiom
- Informal
:
trabajador incansable
- So these were some busy little Beavers here vacuuming up dollars, cash based on the bite name and vice president's, uh, Biden's position.
So these were some busy little Beavers here vacuuming up dollars, cash based on the bite name and vice presence of Biden's position.
- So these were some busy little Beavers here vacuuming up dollars, cash based on the bite name and vice presence of Biden's position.
- So these were some busy little Beavers here vacuuming up dollars, cash based on the bite name and vice president's, uh, Biden's position.
Examples
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So these were some busy little Beavers here vacuuming up dollars, cash based on the bite name and vice presence of Biden's position.
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After completing three projects in a week, she was truly a busy little beaver at the office.
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He is known as a busy little beaver because he always finds new tasks to take on.
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Every weekend, my neighbor is a busy little beaver, working on various home improvement projects.
Synonyms
3
6.1
A person who is very willing to do extra work and works harder than others
3
2.9
A person who always works hard and stays active
Antonyms
How Industrious
- Informal
18
5.4
- Informal
1
6.2
33
1.3
600
1.0
- Offensive
33
4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning can be inferred from 'busy' plus the animal 'beaver' (beavers are stereotypically industrious), with 'little' adding a diminutive/affectionate nuance rather than literal size. This is a metaphorical but predictable mapping from constituents to meaning, and it relies somewhat on cultural knowledge of the beaver image, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
Busy little beaver comes from the animal beaver, which spends its days cutting trees and building dams so it always looks busy. That's why calling someone a busy little beaver means they are 'very active' and 'hardworking'.