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
Melchior	MEL-khee-awr (Dutch), MEL-kyawr (English)	Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend
Leith	-	English (Rare)
Shanelle	shə-NEL	English (Modern)
Mahine	-	Persian
Phobos	FO-bos (English)	Greek Mythology
Avia	-	Hebrew