busy as a nailer

短语

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    working constantly.

    爱尔兰 过时 习语

    So the Colonel went down stairs, and the Ould Fellow worked away as busy as a nailer, shovellin' in the guineas by hundherds and thousands.

    The result was obvious; the nailer was no longer “as busy as a nailer,” and there was no prospect that he ever would be fully employed.

    … she would be as busy as a nailer in the Abbey Shop ensuring that Mass cards were ready for those who came, and helping out in any other way she could.