busy bee
Example Sentences
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Thorne has been quite the busy bee in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic at her home in Los Angeles despite the global health crisis wreaking havoc on film productions and live performances.
From Fox News ● Feb. 19, 2021
How you have to be the busy bee.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
I’m asking you to keep it on the down low because as far my bosses and co-workers are concerned, I’ve been a busy bee.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2014
A busy bee is one such, so called because it's small and, therefore, resembles a bee.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
And the eleven-year-old boy who won first prize playing a tricky violin song that sounded like a busy bee.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
