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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Omri	-	Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Frano	-	Croatian
Jeppe	-	Danish
Carla	['ka:lə]
Ming	-	Chinese
Zaki	-	Arabic