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nose to the grindstone, keep one's
nose to the grindstone, keep one's
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
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Usage
Phillip
FIL-ip
English
Chandana
-
Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi
Kennard
KEN-ərd
English
Anstice
['ænstis]
Whitaker
['hwitəkə(r)]
Rafael
rah-fah-EL
(Spanish)
, RAH-fah-el
(German)
Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
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