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词组 busy as a one-armed paper-hanger in a gale
释义 busy as a one-armed paper-hanger in a gale
adjective
extremely busy US, 1939
First recorded in the US and New Zealand, but also known in Canada where it may be lengthened by “with the itch”, and in Australia and UK with the elaboration “with crabs” or “with the crabs”.
  • [H]e reaches his office where he is “as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger with hives.” — John Haverstick, The Saturday Review Treasury, p. 135, 1957
  • If you want to hit the nail on the head and keep the students as busy as a one-armed paper hanger use idioms to help teach semantic principles. — Etc., p. 1, 1996
  • At the time Jesus was busy–as busy as a one-armed paper-hanger in a gale–dealing with every kind of sickness in the medical dictionary. — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 36, 2003
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