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1 (as) busy as a bee
(тж. paзг. a busy bee)oчeнь зaнятый, тpудoлюбивый кaк пчёлкa (cp. кaк бeлкa в кoлece)Gwen....How are you today, Sydney? You're looking very well... Busy as a bee as usual, I suppose (W. S. Maugham). She is, it seems, a very busy bee. And not short of a penny or two, as her Bayswater flat bears out