keep the stork busy

keep the stork busy

euphemism To have many children. Young people in this region have always kept the stork busy, with teen pregnancies higher here than anywhere else in the country. They'd probably have more money if they didn't keep the stork so busy.
See also: busy, keep, stork
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a visit from the stork
  • maker
  • bat for both teams
  • be intimate with (someone)
  • summer complaint
  • summer complaint(s)
  • complaint
  • between jobs
  • between projects
  • die by own hand
References in periodicals archive
Not only are national sperm counts tumbling for no known reason, there is now only one single registered sperm donor in Glasgow, doing his best at pounds 25 a shot to meet the demands of hundreds of couples seeking fertility treatments.Now sperm from The Cyros International Sperm Bank Ltd in Copenhagan, whose motto is: "We keep the stork busy" will be imported under the new scheme.
THE VIKINGS ARE COMING; Scots hospital imports Danish sperm