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Busy As a Beaver

Hard working business person

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  • This idiom is originated back in 1700. Since last few hundred years, beaver has been taken as a symbol of hard work and busyness. If you observe it, you’ll see how it works all day to cut trees with its teeth and to build dams. Therefore, this expression is used for those who always remain busy in their work.
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Andre is as busy as a beaver deciding his new business.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

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busy as a beaverVery busy.
busy as a beaverI am slammed with over work.
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ocupado como un castor

occupé comme un castor

ビーバーとして忙しい

비버처럼 바쁘다

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