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wear fingers to the bone

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wear/work your fingers to the bone

to work very hard for a very long time I've been working my fingers to the bone to get the dress ready in time for the wedding.

See can count on the fingers of one hand, slip through fingers, be all fingers and thumbs, have fingers in the till

See also: bone, finger, wear