(as) busy as a peddler
Very busy and industrious. I'm currently choreographing three plays, so I'm as busy as a peddler at the moment. Tom's always busy as a peddler working on some project or another. Between working two part-time jobs, volunteering on the weekends, and looking after his little brother, Sam's been busy as a peddler this summer.
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