单词 | work like a beaver |
释义 | work like a beaverAlso, work like a dog or horse or Trojan. Work very energetically and hard, as in She worked like a beaver to clean out all the closets, or I've been working like a dog weeding the garden, or He's very strong and works like a horse. The first of these similes is the oldest, first recorded in 1741; the variants date from the second half of the 1800s. Also see work one's fingers to the bone. Words nearby work like a beaverworking week, workingwoman, work-in-progress, work it, work-life balance, work like a beaver, work like a charm, workload, workman, workmanlike, workmanship The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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