Idiom
busy as a nailer
Meaning
working constantly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot talk right now because I am busy as a nailer.”
“The restaurant was packed on Friday night, and the kitchen staff were busy as a nailer to keep up with orders.”
“Throughout the entire harvest season, the farmers were as busy as a nailer, laboring from dawn until dusk to gather the crops before the winter frost arrived.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot talk right now because I am busy as a nailer.”
contextual
“The restaurant was packed on Friday night, and the kitchen staff were busy as a nailer to keep up with orders.”
complex
“Throughout the entire harvest season, the farmers were as busy as a nailer, laboring from dawn until dusk to gather the crops before the winter frost arrived.”
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