work tail off

work one's tail off

and work one's buns off; work one's ass off; work one's butt off

Inf. Fig. to work very hard. (Use caution with butt.) I worked my tail off to get done on time. You spend half your life working your butt off—and for what?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hagop	-	Armenian
Ola (1)	-	Norwegian, Swedish
Lefteris	-	Greek
Leonid	lye-ah-NEET (Russian), lee-ah-NEET (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Aod	-	Biblical Greek
Stewart	STOO-ərt, STYOO-ərt	English, Scottish