work (one's) buns off
work (one's) buns off
To work really hard (on or at something). ("Buns" is a slang term for the buttocks.) I know you thought it was just a silly New Year's resolution, but I've been working my buns off at the gym! Sally and Jim work their buns off when we hold our consumer conference each year. I don't know what I'd do without them!
See also: buns, off, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
work one’s buns off
verbSee work one’s tail off
See also: buns, off, work
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- I've got work to do
- go shares
- off
- offed
- be at work
- be your own master/mistress
- mistress
- be (one's) own master
- hard work is not easy
- off from work