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.
See also: bone, finger, work

work (one's) fingers to the bone

To labor extremely hard; toil or travail.
See also: bone, finger, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aggy['ædʒi]
Bathshebabath-SHEE-bə (English)Biblical
Marwa-Arabic
SneŽAna-Serbian
BernhardBERN-hahrt (German)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Hanley['hænli]