- as busy as a bee ［bees］
- ((略式))非常に忙しい．
English-Japanese dictionary. 2013.
as busy as a bee ［bees］
Look at other dictionaries:
as busy as a bee — Meaning Origin Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 1400), Canterbury Tales. The Squyeres Tale Ey! Goddes mercy! sayd our Hoste tho, Now such a wyf I pray God keep me fro. Lo, suche sleightes and subtilitees In wommen be; for ay as busy as bees Be thay us… … Meaning and origin of phrases
bee — I n. insect 1) to keep bees 2) a killer; queen; worker bee 3) bees buzz, hum; sting; swarm 4) a cluster; colony; swarm of bees 5) (misc.) as busy as a bee II n. (esp. AE) meeting to work or compete a quilting; sewing; spelling; spinning bee * * * … Combinatory dictionary
Bees — Recorded as Bea, Beaze, Bee, Bees, and Beeze, this is an English medieval surname. It has at least four possible origins. It may be a short form of the French medieval female personal name Beatrice, or more likely for most nameholders it was job… … Surnames reference
busy — 1 / bIzi/ adjective 1 WORKING NOW someone who is busy at a particular time is working and is not available: She s busy now, can you phone later? (+ with): Mr Haynes is busy with a customer at the moment. 2 busy doing sth giving something a lot of … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bee — [bi:] n [: Old English; Origin: beo] 1.) a black and yellow flying insect that makes ↑honey and can sting you ▪ a swarm of bees ▪ a bee sting 2.) have a bee in your bonnet (about sth) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bee — [ bi ] noun count ** a flying insect that has black and yellow bands and can sting you. Bees make honey, and bees that are not wild live in hives. The sound a bee makes is written as buzz. have a bee in your bonnet (about something) INFORMAL to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bee — stinging insect, O.E. beo bee, from P.Gmc. *bion (Cf. O.N. by, O.H.G. bia, M.Du. bie), possibly from PIE root *bhi quiver. Used metaphorically for busy worker since 1530s. Sense of meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one… … Etymology dictionary
bee|hive — «BEE HYV», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a hive or house for bees; hive. A beehive was formerly often made of coils of straw stacked one upon he other in the shape of a dome, but is now usually a rectangular box. 2. Figurative. a busy, swarming place:… … Useful english dictionary
bee — n. 1 any four winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities. 2 any insect of a similar type. 3 (usu. busy bee) a busy person. 4 esp. US a meeting for communal… … Useful english dictionary
bee — noun (C) 1 a black and yellow flying insect with a round body that makes honey (1) and can sting you: a swarm of bees see also: bumblebee 2 a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active 3 have a bee in your bonnet informal to think… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bee */*/ — UK [biː] / US [bɪ] noun [countable] Word forms bee : singular bee plural bees a flying insect that has black and yellow bands and can sting you. Bees make honey, and bees that are not wild live in hives. The sound a bee makes is written as buzz.… … English dictionary
