An overzealous or extremely ambitious individual. The beaver has been known as an especially hard worker since at least the seven- teenth century, on a par with BUSY AS A BEE. It was only in the twentieth cen- tury that this not-quite-rhyming expression gained currency. It was widely used for overzealous recruits during World War II who chronically dis- obeyed the unwritten rule, Never volunteer, and rapidly became a cliché.
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The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...