hard+work
111work (your) backside off — work (your) arse/backside off British & Australian, very informal, American, very informal to work very hard. My father worked his backside off to pay for our education …
112work like a dog — work like a dog/trojan to work very hard. He worked like a dog all day to finish the wallpapering …
113work like a trojan — work like a dog/trojan to work very hard. He worked like a dog all day to finish the wallpapering …
114work like a Trojan — ► work like a Trojan work extremely hard. Main Entry: ↑Trojan …
115work one's fingers to the bone — ► work one s fingers to the bone work very hard. Main Entry: ↑bone …
116work like a nigger — To work extremely hard • • • Main Entry: ↑nigger …
117work one's ass off — work one s ass (butt, etc.) off vulgar slang work extremely hard …
118work on something — ˈwork on sth derived to try hard to improve or achieve sth • You need to work on your pronunciation a bit more. • ‘Have you sorted out a babysitter yet?’ ‘No, but I m working on it.’ Main entry: ↑work …
119work your arse off — work your ˈarse off f5 idiom (taboo, slang) to work very hard Main entry: ↑arseidiom …
120Hard yakka — hard manual labour; laborious physical work …