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1 brisk as a bee
"хлопотливая, как пчёлка" (о проворном, трудолюбивом человеке); см. тж. busy as a beeShe had no sooner done this, then off she was again; and there she stood once more, as brisk and busy as a bee... (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XXXIX) — Не успела она покончить с этим, как опять куда-то исчезла и тут же вернулась, трудолюбивая и хлопотливыая, как пчелка...
‘He's eighty,’ went on Sir Lawrence, ‘and gets gout in the stomach, but he's as brisk as a bee.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. VIII) — - Ему восемьдесят лет, - продолжал сэр Лоренс, - он страдает подагрой, но все еще трудолюбив, как пчела.
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2 as brisk as a bee
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3 bee
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4 busy as a bee
((as) busy as a bee (тж. busy as a beehive, as a beaver; амер. busy as a cockroach on a hot stove или as a one-armed paperhanger))очень занятый, трудолюбивый как пчёлка (ср. как белка в колесе); см. тж. brisk as a beeGwen (shaking hands with him): "How are you to-day, Sydney? You're looking very well... Busy as a bee as usual, I suppose. You're simply amazing," (W. S. Maugham, ‘For Services Rendered’, act I) — Гвен (пожимая ему руку): "Как вы себя сегодня чувствуете, Сидней? Выглядите вы прекрасно... И, как всегда, работаете не покладая рук? Вы просто удивительный человек."
The firm was at once as busy as a beehive, on "easy street" again, as the expression went, "in clover". (Th. Dreiser, ‘Twelve Men’, ‘My Brother Paul’) — В издательстве работа кипела как в улье, и дела его сразу поправились; словом, все шло как по маслу.
‘There they are,’ I said. ‘Busy as beavers,’ said Irene. (C. P. Snow, ‘The New Men’, part IV, ch. 30) — - Вот они, - сказал я. - Трудятся усердно, как бобры, - сказала Ирен.
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5 be up and about
(be up and about (амер. be up and around))1) выздороветь, быть снова на ногах‘Hunter is completely better,’ he said. ‘He's up and about again...’ (I. Murdoch, ‘The Flight from the Enchanter’, ch. XXX) — - Хантер совершенно поправился, - сказал Питер. Он снова на ногах...
2) встать, подняться после сна и заняться деломShe was up and about, brisk as a bee, before sunrise every morning... (K. S. Prichard, ‘Potch and Colour’, ‘The Siren of Sandy Gap’) — Каждое утро Сузан вставала до восхода солнца и весь день трудилась как пчелка.
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6 be up and about
(aмep. around)1) выздopoвeть, быть cнoвa нa нoгax'Hunter is completely better,' he said. 'He's up and about again' (J. Murdoch). 'How is the President?' 'He is up and around, and recovered' (C. Vidat)2) вcтaть, пoднятьcя (пocлe cнa) и зaнятьcя дeлoмShe was up and about, brisk as a bee, before sunrise every morning (K. S. Prichard). Please have our breakfast served in the solarium. And notify us when Mater and Pater are up and around (K. Vonnegut)
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