Categories: 今日短语

2022-10-04 As busy as a beaver 忙得不可开交

今日短语 

表达 “as busy as a beaver(像海狸一样忙碌)” 用来比喻 “人们十分勤劳,工作非常努力,忙得不可开交”。 

例句

Ziqi is as busy as a beaver today. She hasn’t stopped working for even a minute.
子琪今天忙得不可开交。她一直在工作,一分钟也没停歇。

I’m as busy as a beaver working on this new project. The boss wants it finished by the end of the week.
我正在做这个新项目,忙得不可开交。老板要求在周末前完成。

John can’t come for lunch as he said he’s as busy as a beaver at the moment.
约翰不能来吃午饭了,他说他忙得团团转。

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