eager beaver
Meaning: A person who is very excited and enthusiastic about pursuing some activity.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression suggests the image of an anxiously working beaver, which is reputed to be an active, industrious animal. It has a slightly negative connotation, as of someone eager to impress others with his/her effort.
More idioms — Daily Life
- eat one's hat — To do something unpleasant in the case of being proven wrong.
- eleventh hour — Late or last-minute.
- eternal triangle — A situation in which two men love the same woman or two women love the same man.
- and harry every tom, dick — Everyone.
- fair and square — Honest(ly).
- get someone a fair shake — To give someone or something a chance to prove itself.
More English idioms
- fair to middling — Average; neither good nor bad.
- fall by the wayside — To drop out of the situation.
- fall for something — To be deceived or believe an unlikely story.
- fall for someone — To be in love with a person.
- fall off the wagon — To lose control of oneself and engage in a compulsive behavior.
- fall on deaf ears — To be heard but ignored, or to be heard but to have no effect.
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