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词组 work your fingers to the bone
释义
Idiom
work your fingers to the bonewear/work (your) fingers to the bone
to work very hard for a very long time.
I've been working my fingers to the bone to get the dress ready in time for the wedding.
idiomwork your fingers to the boneto work extremely hard:Don't you realize that your mother has worked her fingers to the bone for you?The students see the course as a chance to study abroad and work their fingers to the bone.

work (one's) fingers to the bone

To work excessively hard. Likened to literally wearing the skin off of one's hands from too much manual labor. I have worked my fingers to the bone renovating this house, and I'm glad to say that it has all been worth it. You have everyone working their fingers to the bone. You need to give them a break or they'll burn out.

work your fingers to the bone

If you work your fingers to the bone, you work extremely hard. What sort of life is this if, like a miner, you work your fingers to the bone? I have washed, cooked, fetched and carried all my life. I worked my fingers to the bone in his house.

work your fingers to the bone

work very hard.

work your ˌfingers to the ˈbone

(informal) work very hard: It’s not fair — I work my fingers to the bone all day and then I have to cook and clean in the evenings.
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