work until you drop

work until you drop

To make an effort to complete some task until one has no more energy to devote to it; to work as hard as possible for as long as possible. You better work until you drop if you want an A on this assignment!
See also: drop, until, work
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • work till you drop
  • if at all possible
  • your heart out
  • (one's) heart out
  • as quickly, much, soon, etc. as possible
  • as soon as possible
  • soon as possible
  • humanly possible
  • everything humanly possible
  • humanly
References in periodicals archive
How did we see such a transition of change, from early retirement to work until you drop. How did pension funds that had massive surpluses suddenly become pension black holes?
What's happened to the years of leisure we were promised?
Start small and early to build up a nest egg, and you shouldn't have to work until you drop
Save yourself from poverty in retirement; As the state pension review triggers fears of working to 75, Tricia Phillips shows how you can build up a healthy retirement pot
Increasing your contributions when your pay goes up is the best way to avoid having to work until you drop."
THURSDAY, Will you have to work until you drop? SHOCK FINDINGS; SHOCK FINDINGS ON THE FUTURE OF PENSIONS
Raising the state retirement age to 66 is saying to the "average man" in St Michael's: "work until you drop".
Osborne's plea for 'equality of sacrifice' just doesn't add up; AGENDA & LETTERS
Assuming you don't plan to work until you drop, it behooves you to decide what you want your life to be like when you stop working for a living and how you will finance that life-and to plan accordingly.
Achieving the ideal retirement
"The government's 'work until you drop plan' will mean that recruitment and retentionlevels will collapse, the work demands placed on nurses will rocket and patient care will suffer."
Massive strikes fear over pensions; 13 unions threaten action
New Labour is encouraging a 'work until you drop" ethos.
Viewpoints Labour lied to us about pensions
WILL you work until you drop or retire and live in poverty?
MAIL MONEY: SAVING FOR THE FUTURE; Don't be caught short in retirement
the ideal tory world: Work until you drop. the workhouse can't be far off now!
It's odd that trees are felled in a 'green' city; Talk Back Get In Touch - Tell Us What You Think Email: Letters@Liverpoolecho.Co.Ukphone: 0151 227 2000 Twitter: @Livechonewsfacebook: Facebook.Com/Theliverpoolecho Post: Liverpool Echo, Po Box 48, Old Hall Street, Liverpool L69 3Eb
It's not a matter of work until you drop, it's giving people the opportunity to work until they want to stop.
Over 50 not over the hill
WORK until you drop - or at least until you are 66 - is the new proposal from the Conservative Party.
Balancing act - with population
This will give you more choices when it comes to retirement, rather than being forced to work until you drop.
Cash point
Unions in the North-East said last night the Government was proposing to introduce a "work until you drop" culture.
Protest rally on pensions
Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady was sceptical about the proposals, saying:: 'We do not want to see new rules used as a Trojan horse to promote work until you drop policies.
Work until you're 65, says Blair
The "work until you drop" mentality and the increase of the pension age will hit the poor and labouring classes the hardest and with already one in three dying before age 70, does not augur well for the future.
A `no' vote would be mandate for ministers to ignore region