work socks off



work your socks off

  (informal)
to work very hard The lawyers that I know earn a lot of money but they work their socks off.
See go like clockwork, wear fingers to the bone, drive into the ground, slog guts out, build up a head of steam, perform miracles
See also: off, sock, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MaralynMER-ə-lin, MAR-ə-linEnglish
Eseoghene-Western African, Urhobo
Felicidade-Portuguese
Ileana[ai'li:nə]
Rosangelaro-zahn-JE-lahItalian
Shoshannah-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew