| 单词 | to work one's eyeballs out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work (also slave) one's eyeballs out P1. colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian). to work (also slave) one's eyeballs out: to work extremely hard, esp. at a gruelling manual task; to exert oneself to the fullest extent. Cf. to work one's eyes out at work v. Phrases 5a. ΚΠ 1835 Sydney Herald 18 June 4/1 It is contrary to morals and jistice to let a poor fallow work his eyeballs out for a yard o'tripe. 1848 Cornwall Chron. (Launceston, Austral.) 29 Mar. 2/4 His regard for Mr. Turner was not sufficient to induce him to slave his eyeballs out merely because he chose to keep cows! 1939 Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers' Advocate (Parramatta, New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 1/3 I suppose your wife is working her eyeballs out at home, and you're drinking pinkie down the lane. 2000 InfoWorld 24 July 52/2 I wonder what would have happened if..you'd spent the $20K and three months retraining the poor schmuck who worked his eyeballs out fixing your Y2K problems. < as lemmas |
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