busy beaver

'You've been busy little beavers, I can see.'

The name, meaning "beaver" of Algonquin dialect, was picked because the young candidates were working like "busy little beavers" during the first induction of September 1953.

A last sapling crackled from far away, marking the finished day for the busy beavers.

ÎYou've been busy little beavers.

We let the canoe drift and scanned the shoreline, hoping to see gangling moose or busy beavers.

As noted above, these busy beavers are 2-symbol Turing machines.

They must be busy little beavers, for the roads appeared to be in great shape.

Saw him standing out there supervising the busy beavers.

"They've been busy beavers in the administration with these last-minute executive orders and last-minute regulations," Mr. Fleischer said.

The people of the city passed down the street in front of Urprox Screl, hurrying this way and that, busy little beavers engaged in their tasks.