busy bee

American

[biz-ee bee] / ˈbɪz i ˈbi /

noun

someone who is very active or industrious.

She's a busy bee, what with her morning juice deliveries, school, and late night work at the bike shop.
My toddler is a busy bee, emptying all the low cupboards and trying to climb up and jump off everything!

Example Sentences

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Thorne has been quite the busy bee in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic at her home in Los Angeles despite the global health crisis wreaking havoc on film productions and live performances.

From Fox News • Feb. 19, 2021

“I’ve gone around, a busy bee of a reporter, from woman to woman,” he wrote.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2016

How you have to be the busy bee.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

I’m asking you to keep it on the down low because as far my bosses and co-workers are concerned, I’ve been a busy bee.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2014

And the eleven-year-old boy who won first prize playing a tricky violin song that sounded like a busy bee.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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