English

Adjective

busy as a bee ‎(not comparable)

1. (simile) Very active; working constantly.
   • 1811 — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ch. 26

     Lord, I have been as busy as a bee ever since dinner!

   • 1872 — Johanna Spyri, Heidi, ch. 16 (translated)

     Heidi ran backwards and forwards as busy as a bee and brought out everything she could find in the cupboard, for she did not know how to be pleased enough that she could help to entertain the doctor.

   • 1914 — A. E. W. Mason, The Witness for the Defence, ch. XVIII

     There was his father bending over his papers at his writing-table before the window, busy as a bee no doubt at some new enthusiasm which was destined to infuriate his neighbours.

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