one-armed paper-hanger
US slang
noun
As a type of a very busy person; especially in busy as a one-armed paper-hanger.
Origin
Early 20th century.
- underpants
- underpart
- underpass
- underpay
- underpayment
- underperform
- underperformance
- underpin
- underpinning
- under plain cover
- underplant
- underplay
- underplot
- underpopulated
- underpopulation
- underpowered
- underprepared
- underprice
- underprivileged
- underproduce
- underproduction
- underproof
- underprop
- under protest
- underqualified