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?
See also: off, tail, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ruchel-Yiddish
Apostolis-Greek
Golyat-Biblical Hebrew
KnoxNAHKSEnglish
Lili-German, French, Hungarian
Leonardole-o-NAHR-do (Italian, Spanish), lee-ə-NAHR-do (English)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History