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
Drusilla	droo-SIL-ə (English)	Biblical, Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin
Zvezdana	ZVEZ-dah-nah (Serbian)	Serbian, Slovene
Hengist	-	Ancient Germanic
Ashkettle	['æʃketl]
Rosa	['rəuzə]
Anacletus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)