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
TeemuTE:-mooFinnish
Aslen['æzlən]
WinthropWIN-thrəpEnglish
Dinu-Romanian
Klotild-Hungarian
Ricard-Catalan