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
Jobeth	JO-beth	English (Rare)
Silviu	-	Romanian
Elsje	-	Dutch
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Austen	AWS-tən	English (Modern)
Hyacintha	-	History