work fingers to the bone

work one's fingers to the bone

Cliché to work very hard. I worked my fingers to the bone so you children could have everything you needed. Now look at the way you treat me! I spent the day working my fingers to the bone, and now I want to relax.

work (one's) fingers to the bone

To labor extremely hard; toil or travail.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Teun	TUUN	Dutch
Ieremias	-	Biblical Greek
Suk	suk	Korean
Anastasia	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian), a-nə-STAY-zhə (English), a-nə-STAS-yə (English), ah-nahs-TAH-syah (Spanish), ah-nahs-TAH-zyah (Italian)	Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Greek
Khamisi	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Raelyn	RAY-lin	English (Rare)