Idiom
busy as a bee
Meaning
Very active; working constantly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is as busy as a bee today.”
“With the wedding only two days away, the bride is as busy as a bee finishing all the final decorations.”
“Throughout the entire harvest season, the farmer remained as busy as a bee, laboring from dawn until dusk to gather the crops before the winter frost arrived.”
Examples
simple
“She is as busy as a bee today.”
contextual
“With the wedding only two days away, the bride is as busy as a bee finishing all the final decorations.”
complex
“Throughout the entire harvest season, the farmer remained as busy as a bee, laboring from dawn until dusk to gather the crops before the winter frost arrived.”
Origin
The idiom derives from the Middle English phrase bisy as bees, a comparison noting the perceived industriousness of the insect. It is a formulaic similetic construction of considerable longevity, having remained stable in its essential components for several centuries.
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