Meaning of BUSY AS A BEE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Bob's Short English Lessons


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So I had a really nice day today, even though I was busy as a bee.
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You know what a bee is?
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A bee is the small little insect that buzzes around and it goes from flower to flower and
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sometimes they sting you!
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That's not very nice, but bees are very, very busy and we sometimes describe people as being
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as busy as a bee or busy as a bee.
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So today I was busy as a bee.
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I made a new video for my Youtube channel, it will be up tomorrow.
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It's another video where I act out a whole bunch of phrasal verbs.
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I worked on a lot of lessons for this fall.
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I'm getting ready to start teaching again in a couple of weeks.
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So I was busy as a bee today and I love it.
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I really like being busy.
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It's a really, really good feeling.
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Anyways, hopefully you guys have a good evening, and hopefully you are relaxing after being
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busy as a bee yourself today.
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