单词 | busy idler |
释义 | > as lemmasbusy idler busy idler n. a person or a thing employed in busy idleness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > one who bustles or fusses > one who fusses about trifles fidfad1754 niggler1781 busy idler1788 fiddle-faddler1846 1788 World 13 Dec. The Advertiser will make use of such precautions as will prevent either himself, or others, from being exposed to curious busy idlers. 1876 Primitive Methodist Mag. Jan. 34 The butterfly..is a busy idler, who lives on the sweets of the present as they may be gathered from flower to flower. 1917 W. Durant Philos. & Social Probl. 218 It is well that philosophy..should be scorned as a busy idler. 1995 P. M. Mitchell Johann Christoph Gottsched 78 A stock humorous character, the busy idler. < as lemmas |
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