🐸 Toad

"Busy as a toad under a harrow"

Meaning

Very busy and under 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

Before the wedding, Auntie was busy as a toad under a harrow.

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Which idiom means...

Very busy and under pressure.

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