Meaning of eager beaver | Babel Free

Definitions

One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“PULASKI: I am unfamiliar with this symbol. DATA: It indicates a genetically engineered biological life-form. PULASKI: About twenty percent of the specimens fall⟳ into that category. Some eager beaver at play⟳. DATA: Query: "eager beaver?" PULASKI: Well in this case, eager beaver refers to some over achieving genetic engineer, who probably because of lack of anything better to do has forced this strain⟳ of virus to mutate, just so he can see⟳ how bad bad can get⟳.”

“An “eager beaver” in terms of computing, Gates apparently started programming at age eleven.”

CEFR level