Б-51

(ВЕРТЕТЬСЯ (КРУЖИТЬСЯ, КРУТИТЬСЯ» КАК

БУДТО, СЛОВНО, ТОЧНО) БЕЛКА В КОЛЕСЕ coll

VP (with subj: human or как etc + NP these forms only, adv the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO

to be incessantly bustling about, doing various things, occupied with various concerns

X вертится как белка в колесе = X is like a squirrel on a treadmill (in a cage)

X is in a constant whirl X is continually (always) on the go.

...«(Виллон) жил в Париже, как белка в колесе, не зная ни минуты покоя» (Мандельштам 2). ..."(Villon) lived in Paris in a constant whirl-like a squirrel on a treadmill, never still for a moment" (2a).