nose to the grindstone, keep one's

keep (one's) nose to the grindstone

To work hard and/or diligently on something. I'm so impressed by your grades, honey—you really kept your nose to the grindstone this year, and it paid off! I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone if I'm going to get this promotion.

nose to the grindstone, keep one's

Stay hard at work, as in We expect John to get good grades again, since he really keeps his nose to the grindstone. This expression, first recorded in 1539, alludes to a tool that must be sharpened by being held to a grindstone.

词组	nose to the grindstone, keep one's
释义	nose to the grindstone, keep one's keep (one's) nose to the grindstone To work hard and/or diligently on something. I'm so impressed by your grades, honey—you really kept your nose to the grindstone this year, and it paid off! I've got to keep my nose to the grindstone if I'm going to get this promotion. See also: grindstone, keep, nose Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. nose to the grindstone, keep one's Stay hard at work, as in We expect John to get good grades again, since he really keeps his nose to the grindstone. This expression, first recorded in 1539, alludes to a tool that must be sharpened by being held to a grindstone. See also: keep, nose The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: keep (one's) nose to the grindstone keep nose to the grindstone keep your nose to the grindstone grindstone have (one's) nose to the grindstone put (one's) nose to the grindstone put nose to the grindstone nose to the grindstone hard at (something) hard at it
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