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DictionarySeeworkwork (one's) fingers to the bone
work (one's) fingers to the boneTo work excessively hard. Likened to literally wearing the skin off of one's hands from too much manual labor. I have worked my fingers to the bone renovating this house, and I'm glad to say that it has all been worth it. You have everyone working their fingers to the bone. You need to give them a break or they'll burn out.See also: bone, finger, workwork one's fingers to the boneCliché to work very hard. I worked my fingers to the bone so you children could have everything you needed. Now look at the way you treat me! I spent the day working my fingers to the bone, and now I want to relax.See also: bone, finger, workwork one's fingers to the boneAlso, work one's tail or butt off . Exert oneself, labor very hard, as in She's working her fingers to the bone to support her children, or I work my tail off and then the government takes half my income in taxes. The first hyperbole, with its image of working the skin and flesh off one's fingers, dates from the mid-1800s; the less polite variants date from the first half of the 1900s. See also: bone, finger, workwork your fingers to the bone If you work your fingers to the bone, you work extremely hard. What sort of life is this if, like a miner, you work your fingers to the bone? I have washed, cooked, fetched and carried all my life. I worked my fingers to the bone in his house.See also: bone, finger, workwork your fingers to the bone work very hard.See also: bone, finger, workwork your ˌfingers to the ˈbone (informal) work very hard: It’s not fair — I work my fingers to the bone all day and then I have to cook and clean in the evenings.See also: bone, finger, work work (one's) fingers to the bone To labor extremely hard; toil or travail.See also: bone, finger, work |