bust a gut to do something

bust a gut (to do something)

tv. to make a great effort (to do something). (Usually objectionable.) I busted a gut trying to get just the thing you wanted!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ĽUboŠ	-	Slovak
Placido	-	Italian
Ami (3)	ah-mee	Japanese
Monika	MO-ni-kah (German), maw-NEE-kah (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Shadya	-	Arabic
Tabassum	-	Arabic