busy as a beaver
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Traders on the Rome Stock Exchange cocked pious ears one day last week to whispered tips that Pope Pius XII is busy as a beaver getting together a new European Four-Power Conference excluding Russia.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the eve of this week's A. F. of L. convention at which he would report an increase of 500,000 members under NRA, President Green was busy as a beaver on the Washington battlements.
From Time Magazine Archive
He must have been busy as a beaver during his fleeting school days.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
"You never said truer words." mumbled Old Dan Tucker, who was about as busy as a beaver, his eyes sparkling with satisfaction.
From The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island by Warren, George A.
Paul was as busy as a beaver, and at several points conferred with some of his followers.
From The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership by Warren, George A.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
