Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

work like a beaver

Idioms  
  1. Also,. Work very energetically and hard, as in She worked like a beaver to clean out all the closets, or I've been working like a dog weeding the garden, or He's very strong and works like a horse. The first of these similes is the oldest, first recorded in 1741; the variants date from the second half of the 1800s. Also see work one's fingers to the bone.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He kin work like a beaver," said Bill Moody, talking the stranger over down at the post-office one day; "but I don't b'lieve he's got much ambition.

From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry

I had to work like a beaver before I could brighten them up.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

To succeed in business believe that it will be successful, assert that it is successful, and work like a beaver to make it so.

From The Power of Concentration by Dumont, Theron Q.

I have been in the saddle all the day and work like a beaver and am as happy and rugged as possible.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

To "work like a beaver" is an almost universal expression for energetic persistence, but who realizes that the beaver has accomplished anything?

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "work like a beaver" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com