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((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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очень занятойWhenever there is a holiday, we are all as busy as bees getting things readyII. Busy as a beeочень занятойWhenever there is a holiday, we are all as busy as bees getting things ready. -
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > busy as a bee
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1) Общая лексика: очень занятой2) Пословица: дела идут, контора пишет (things go on and never slop. said (often: jocularly or ironically) as a reply to the question,,как дела?" ("how are things?") or the like)3) Макаров: работяга, трудолюбивый -
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очень занятойАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > busy as a bee
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עסוק מאוד, חרוץ מאוד* * *◙ דואמ ץורח,דואמ קוסע◄ -
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(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 -
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1) Общая лексика: всегда в трудах, всегда в хлопотах, очень занятый, трудолюбива как пчела2) Пословица: (вертеться, кружиться) как белка в колесе (to be) -
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עסוק מאוד* * *◙ דואמ קוסע◄
См. также в других словарях:
busy as a bee — If you are as busy as a bee, you are very busy indeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
busy as a bee — (as) busy as a bee informal : very busy and active My mom is (as) busy as a bee around Christmastime. • • • Main Entry: ↑bee … Useful english dictionary
busy as a bee — adjective /ˈbɪziæzəˈbiː/ Very active; working constantly. Lord, I have been as busy as a bee ever since dinner! … Wiktionary
as busy as a bee — (as) busy as a bee informal : very busy and active My mom is (as) busy as a bee around Christmastime. • • • Main Entry: ↑bee * * * as busy as a ˈbee idiom very busy Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
busy as a bee — very busy, always working, very energetic … English contemporary dictionary
be as busy as a bee — old fashioned, old fashioned to be very busy or very active. She s as busy as a bee, always going to meetings and organizing parties … New idioms dictionary
as busy as a bee — Meaning Origin Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 1400), Canterbury Tales. The Squyeres Tale Ey! Goddes mercy! sayd our Hoste tho, Now such a wyf I pray God keep me fro. Lo, suche sleightes and subtilitees In wommen be; for ay as busy as bees Be thay us… … Meaning and origin of phrases
as busy as a bee — very busy, having many things to do, constantly working … English contemporary dictionary
bee — I n. insect 1) to keep bees 2) a killer; queen; worker bee 3) bees buzz, hum; sting; swarm 4) a cluster; colony; swarm of bees 5) (misc.) as busy as a bee II n. (esp. AE) meeting to work or compete a quilting; sewing; spelling; spinning bee * * * … Combinatory dictionary
busy — 1 / bIzi/ adjective 1 WORKING NOW someone who is busy at a particular time is working and is not available: She s busy now, can you phone later? (+ with): Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment. 2 busy doing sth giving something a lot of … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
busy — 1. adjective 1) the campaign volunteers have been busy Syn: occupied, engaged, involved, employed, working, hard at work; rushed off one s feet, hard pressed, swamped, up to one s neck; on the job, absorbed, engrossed, immersed, preoccupied;… … Thesaurus of popular words