| 释义 |
bust one's chopsNorth American informal Exert oneself: you’ve been busting your chops today...- I've been training twice a day all year, busting my chops basically to make this team and now it's happened I'm stoked.
- Their educational credentials range from Berkeley to New York, and all have busted their chops extensively playing every kind of gig imaginable - from rock bands to jazz troupes, from symphonies to bluegrass bands.
- I came into university division coaching with the same mentality, different method, but going in the same direction where I wanted people to have fun, but I also wanted people to bust their chops to swim fast.
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