work socks off



work your socks off

  (informal)
to work very hard The lawyers that I know earn a lot of money but they work their socks off.
See go like clockwork, wear fingers to the bone, drive into the ground, slog guts out, build up a head of steam, perform miracles
See also: off, sock, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Septembersep-TEM-bərEnglish (Rare)
Alonzo-Italian
Appleseed['æplisi:d]
Zan-Chinese
Kelda-English (Rare)
Jessie (1)JES-eeScottish, English