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(as) busy as a hibernating bear

Not busy at all; inactive. He says he has no time to help our charity, but I know that he's off from school right now and busy as a hibernating bear!
See also: bear, busy, hibernate

*busy as a hibernating bear

not busy at all. (*Also: as ~.) Tom: I can't go with you. I'm busy. Jane: Yeah. You're as busy as a hibernating bear. He lounged on the sofa all day, busy as a hibernating bear.
See also: bear, busy, hibernate
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They experience a drop in metabolism and heart rate, but not to the extent that hibernators do.
Waking up from winter
Besides that, dramatic changes due to wake and deep hibernation cycles result in increasing risk of oxidative stress in sensitive tissues of mammalian hibernators (Carey et al.
Effect of Hibernation on Oxidative and Antioxidant Events under Laboratory Conditions in Anatolian Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Bennett, 1835) (Mammalia: Sciuridae) from Central Anatolia
Under field conditions with seasonally variable soil temperatures, these body-temperature patterns likewise hold, at least qualitatively, for free-ranging hibernators within Tamias (chipmunks-Humphries et al.
Hibernation and overwinter body temperatures in free-ranging thirteen-lined ground squirrels, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Seasonal activity of the glycolytic enzymes in a hibernator, the arctic ground squirrel "Spermophilus parryi.
Heavy metal, organchlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl contamination in Arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parrye) in northern Alaska
The edible dormouse is an obligate hibernator and in contrast to other glirids with an unusually short active period and profound reproductive strategy.
Timing of breeding and second litters in edible dormouse (Glis glis)
Chipmunks are usually considered hibernators, but they don't just snore all winter.
A long winter nap
The new battlefield resuscitation strategy is about slowing biological time, an idea that was borrowed from the "tricks" of natural hibernators, and is based on Professor Dobson's prior research innovation, Adenocaine([R]) technology, which is now used in the USA in cardiac surgery, and soon to be introduced in Europe and other international markets.
NATO to Hear Hibernation Therapeutics' Life-Saving Research
If they go in really chunky, nice and roly-poly, that's going to be a good hibernator," he says.
Lessons from the torpid: hibernators have some helpful tips for keeping humans healthy
Unlike a true hibernator, the denned black bear maintains a near normal body temperature which allows it to quickly react to any situation.
Black bears in New York State
amp; Ruf T 2011: Survival rates in a small hibernator, the edible dormouse: a comparison across Europe.
The fat dormouse, Glis glis, in Lithuania: living outside the range of the European beech, Fagus sylvatica
Long Trail Hibernator is pronounced the favorite of the evening.
Connected by community; Blackstone Valley towns celebrate holidays with Chain of Lights
In mammals, hibernation is so widespread that researchers reason that the ancestor of all mammals must have been a hibernator.
Perchance to hibernate: can we tap a dormant capacity to downshift our metabolism?
Although not a true hibernator, the Eastern chipmunk is less active in the winter, emerging as soon as soil and air temperatures begin to warm in the spring.
The squirrel family
pipiens is also an aquatic hibernator (Licht, 1991) and both species show broad similarities in geographic range and macrohabitat choice (Conant, 1975).
Antipredator behaviors of newly metamorphosed green frogs (Rana clamitans) and leopard frogs (R. pipiens) in encounters with eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis s. sirtalis)
2011: Survival rates in a small hibernator the edible dormouse: a comparison across Europe.
Habitat preferences of edible dormouse, Glis glis italicus: implications for the management of arboreal mammals in Mediterranean forests
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