work like a horse

work like a horse

To work with great intensity, energy, and persistence. That guy has been working like a horse hauling rubble from the collapsed building. We worked like horses to get all of the landscaping done before winter weather set in.
See also: horse, like, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dag
  • rattle (one's) dags
  • rattle your dags
  • storm out of the blocks
  • storm out of the traps
  • fly out of the traps
  • race out of the traps
  • pour it on
  • give it some stick
  • possessed