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单词 hard yards
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hard yards
hard yards n. (a) Sport (originally American Football) progress made on the field against strong opposition; (b) figurative (originally Australian and New Zealand) great effort; difficult, arduous, or unglamorous work; frequently in to do (also make, put in) the hard yards.
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1955 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 19 Dec. 2 b/3 When the hard yards were needed Wills was the answer.
1977 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 5 Sept. (Football section) 2/1 The Bengals have a piledriving runner for the hard yards.
1989 Canberra Times 1 Sept. (League Times) 3/1 Brisbane ran sideways too much without getting the hard yards up the middle.
1991 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Aug. 15 We've done the hard yards on this issue [sc. republicanism] when it wasn't popular.
1997 E. Gruver Amer. Football League vii. 112 Garron became an inside runner who earned the hard yards.
2009 N. Marsh Billionaire's Baby iv. 72 I worked hard, got the right contacts, put in the hard yards, and it paid off.
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