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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Busy as a Bee The equivalent Latin phrase is "Satagis tamquam mus in matella." (See Similes .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Busy, occupied; hard at work, hard at it; up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "BUSY AS A BEE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pilný jako vèelièka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usybay asay aay eebay harnic ca o albinã. (various references) очень занятой (busy as a beaver, on the jump). (various references) muy ocupado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-e-s-s-u-y" | |
-3 letters: babassu, baubees, subbase. | |
-4 letters: abases, abbess, abbeys, abuses, baases, baubee, eyases, subsea. | |
-5 letters: abase, abbas, abbes, abbey, abuse, abyes, abyss, assay, babas, babes, babus, bases, bassy, beaus, busby, buses, eases, essay, sabes, subas, yeses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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