as busy as a bee

Powerful lot of work down there - Doctor's as busy as a bee.

The wheels of industry were humming and everyone was as busy as a bee.

He would be as busy as a bee at this moment, down there in the powder-room.

So the old wife's as busy as a bee.'

As busy as a bee.

Even if I'm as busy as a bee I still find time to do the things I love (crafts) and focus on school work.

Sub-genres include proverbial comparisons ("as busy as a bee") and proverbial interrogatives ("Does a chicken have lips?")

"The hummer is not a lazy bird, he's as busy as a bee," said Mr. Giffen, who expects to see his first group of hummers next week.

In 1813 the Duke wrote to his brother, Lord Webb John Seymour (1777-1819), about his wife: "Charlotte is as busy as a bee upon a bank of thyme.

"My adventures are not a bit romantic, or even interesting, and yet I've been as busy as a bee all winter, and enjoyed my work very much," began Elizabeth, as the President gave her a nod.

Matern is still as busy as a bee: And the one whose name was Soandso said to the other one after devotions, that was in May of the year. . . The priest's ear is still hewn of marble.