单词 | to work one's butt off |
释义 | > as lemmasto work one's butt (also socks, fingers, balls, etc.) off b. colloquial. to work one's butt (also socks, fingers, balls, etc.) off: to work extremely hard.See also to work one's ass off at ass n.2 Phrases 7, to work one's arse off at arse n. and int. Phrases 5a, to work one's tail off at tail n.1 5a. ΚΠ 1828 Ladies' Mag. June 246 She would have worked her hands off before she would have parted with the dear little creature. 1890 C. C. Harrison Anglomaniacs ii. 79 What man wants to work his head off to lay up money, and then see a fool and profligate walk away with it? 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 49/2 I'll work—I'll work my fingers off. 1974 J. Wainwright Evidence I shall Give xxi. 102 He was working his nuts off. 1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV shooting script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 4. 53 The poor sods working their knackers off at the machines. 1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 47 He obviously worked his buns off learning to be a hoofer. 1989 Independent 15 Mar. 21/4 I don't mind working my bollocks off. 1992 Pract. Householder Nov. 5/1 Another time you'll work your socks off and the results are terribly disappointing. 1998 Boxing Monthly June 37/2 Despite working my balls off, I wasn't getting any money. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 9 June 29 My friends..have worked their butts off to help increase the number of African Caribbean and Asian members of parliament. < as lemmas |
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