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
Miguelangelmee-gel-AHN-khelSpanish
Maristela-Spanish, Portuguese
WodanVO-dahn (German)Germanic Mythology
Oded-Biblical
Vasya-Russian
Elfreda[el'fri:də]