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1 busy
'bizi 1. adjective1) (having a lot (of work etc) to do: I am very busy.) travel, opptatt2) (full of traffic, people, activity etc: The roads are busy; a busy time of year.) med stor trafikk3) ((especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged: All the lines to New York are busy.) opptatt2. verb((sometimes with with) to occupy (oneself) with: She busied herself preparing the meal.) beskjeftige seg med- busilyopptatt--------travelIsubst. \/ˈbɪzɪ\/(britisk, slang) snushane, purk, politikonstabelIIverb \/ˈbɪzɪ\/beskjeftige seg, få\/ha det travelt, være travelt opptattbusy oneself with something beskjeftige seg med noeIIIadj. \/ˈbɪzɪ\/1) flittig, virksom, stadig på farten, travelt opptatt2) ( om sted) travel, hektisk, trafikkert3) (amer., om telefon) opptatt• the line is busy at the moment, please try again laternummeret du har ringt er opptatt, vær så snill å prøve igjen senere4) (amer., overført) rotete, bråkete, voldsomt5) ( nedsettende) geskjeftigbe busy idle kaste bort tid\/krefter på tull, kaste bort tid\/krefter på ingentingbusy as a bee eller busy as a beaver flittig som en maurbusy with\/over opptatt medget busy få det travelt, sette i gang, begynne• I'm in a hurry, so will you please get busy!jeg har det travelt, så vær så snill og sett i gang! -
2 bee
bi:1) (a four-winged insect that makes honey.) bie2) ((especially American) a meeting for combined work and enjoyment: a knitting bee.) dugnad; veldedig forening•- beehive- beeswax
- a bee in one's bonnet
- make a bee-line forbieIsubst. \/biː\/1) ( insekt i overfamilien Apoidea) biebusy as a bee flittig som en bie\/maurhave a bee in one's bonnet ha en fiks idé, ri en kjepphestthe bee's knees ( hverdagslig) toppen, den\/det aller besteIIsubst. \/biː\/forklaring: (sosial) sammenkomst (hvor man arbeider eller konkurrerer)
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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
busy as a bee — very busy, always working, very energetic … English contemporary dictionary
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
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