eager beaver

[eager beaver] {n. phr.}, {slang} A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss.

* /Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver./

* /The man who was promoted to be manager was an eager beaver who got to work early and left late and was always offering to do extra work./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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