work till you drop



work till you drop

To make an effort to complete some task until one has no more energy to devote to it; to work as hard as possible for as long as possible. You better work 'til you drop if you want an A on this assignment!
See also: drop, till, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gwyn-Welsh
Desislav-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
LuciusLOO:-ki-uws (Ancient Roman), LOO-shəs (English), LOO-see-əs (English)Ancient Roman, Biblical, English
Photine-Ancient Greek
CaryKER-eeEnglish
Hamilcarhə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History