🐸 Toad
"Busy as a toad under a harrow"
Meaning
Very busy and under a lot of pressure.
About the toad
Toads are considered unpleasant to look at in folklore, which is why their idioms describe having to accept something unpleasant.
Example sentence
With guests arriving and food burning, Mum was busy as a toad under a harrow.
Test yourself
Which idiom means...
Very busy and under a lot of pressure.