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Also-Ran	A Competitor, Activist, Advocate, 'Busy Body', 'Has-Been' {attempting to become an 'Is-Been'}	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
are you doing anything tomorrow	Asks if someone is busy tomorrow, possibly to invite them to do something if they are available.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
at it	Occupied with a given activity; busy with something. [from 17th c.]	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy as a beaver	Very busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy as a beaver	I am slammed with over work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Busy As a Beaver	Hard working business person	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy as a bee	Very active; working constantly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy beaver	Someone who is very busy or hard-working.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy little beaver	Someone who has completed or accomplished many tasks or works.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
busy work	Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
darsi da fare	get busy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
do not disturb	Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
flat chat	Extremely busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get busy	Have sex.	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
get busy	Start working, usually in opposition to idleness.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get cracking	To get started; to get busy; to begin work	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get stuck into	Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go about	To busy oneself with.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have one's hands full	To be busy or thoroughly preoccupied.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hive of activity	A very busy place.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
I'm busy	I'm busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one on one's toes	To keep one attentive, active, busy or alert.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone	Impelled to keep one self-busy all the time, always working hard	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Life in the Fast Lane	Very busy life, life is fast means life is very busy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
magna moliri	to be busy with ambitious projects.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
negotia agere, gerere	to be occupied with business, busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
occupy oneself	To keep busy by doing something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on one's toes	Attentive, active, busy or alert.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
on the go	Actively traveling; busy; moving often.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rat race	An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
run about	To be very busy doing many different things.	Rate it: (4.71 / 7 votes)
run around	To be very busy doing many different things.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
rush hour	busy travel period	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Santa's workshop	A busy, productive large or small work environment, populated by dedicated workers.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
shake a leg	a command to get busy, to get going, to do something quickly, to go faster, to move more hurriedly or to pick up pace	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the line is busy	Indicates that the telephone line is busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tie up	To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
up and at 'em	Vigorously launched or launching into an activity; Also used to mean promptly awake and ready to start the day or given as a command to wake up, get out of bed, and get busy with activities	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
up the walls	Very busy, swamped.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
up to here	Overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
up to one's neck in alligators	Extremely busy; having many pressing obligations, distractions, etc consuming one's time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
viel um die Ohren haben	to be busy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
vita occupata (vid. sect. VII. 2)	the busy life of a statesman.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wind down	To slow; to become calmer or less busy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
能者多勞	able men are always busy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)