brisk as a bee

brisk as a bee
((as) brisk as a bee)
"хлопотливая, как пчёлка" (о проворном, трудолюбивом человеке); см. тж. busy as a bee

She had no sooner done this, then off she was again; and there she stood once more, as brisk and busy as a bee... (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XXXIX) — Не успела она покончить с этим, как опять куда-то исчезла и тут же вернулась, трудолюбивая и хлопотливыая, как пчелка...

‘He's eighty,’ went on Sir Lawrence, ‘and gets gout in the stomach, but he's as brisk as a bee.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Silver Spoon’, part I, ch. VIII) — - Ему восемьдесят лет, - продолжал сэр Лоренс, - он страдает подагрой, но все еще трудолюбив, как пчела.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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