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break your back
if you break your back to do something
you work extremely hard to try to do it
these days you have to break your back
to make a business work
burn the candle at both ends
if you burn the candle at both ends you
try to do too much regularly going to
bed late and getting up early in the
morning
frank seemed to delight in burning the
candle at both ends no matter how late
he stayed out he was up at five o'clock
the next morning to study
cut corners if you cut corners you save
time money or effort by not following
the correct procedure or rules for doing
something
he accused his manager of trying to save
money by cutting corners on staff
training
not do things by halves
if you do not do things by halves you
always do things very well and
thoroughly or in an extreme way
kim and christopher dunn are not a
couple to do things by halves when it
came to furnishing their new home they
decided to completely redecorate the
whole house
note you can also say that someone does
not do anything by halves
joe never did anything by halves he
regularly worked 12-hour days was always
in training for the next marathon and in
his spare time built his own house
do your level best
if you do your level best to do
something you try as hard as you can to
do it
the president told american troops that
he would do his level best to bring them
home soon
go all out
if you go all out you try as hard as
possible to achieve something if i had
the choice over again i would go all out
for a degree in the sciences and
specialize in teaching
go the extra mile
if you go the extra mile you make a
special effort to do or achieve
something
i discovered that going the extra mile
has always been a feature of successful
people
note this expression is variable for
example you can replace go with travel
and mile with yard
we will travel the extra mile to arrive
at peace
he will be remembered for his
willingness to go the extra yard to help
people
land on your feet or fall on your feet
if someone lands on their feet or falls
on their feet they find themselves in a
good situation by luck
note this may refer to the belief that
when a cat falls it always lands on its
feet without hurting itself
everything i want she's got a good
marriage a good home nice children
while i struggle through life she always
lands on her feet
not lift a finger or not raise a finger
if someone does not lift a finger or
does not raise a finger to do something
or to help someone they do not do
anything
note this expression is used to
criticize people for not doing anything
this chancellor refuses to lift a finger
to help working men and women
what kind of people accept his kind of
behavior without raising a finger to
prevent it
make a meal of something or make a meal
out of something
if someone makes a meal of something or
makes a meal out of it they spend too
much time or energy on it mainly british
he's only been asked to write a brief
essay but he's making such a meal of it
pull your socks up
if someone tells you to pull your socks
up they want you to improve your
behavior or work
british
if he wants to continue in the job he'll
have to pull his socks up
pull your weight
if you pull your weight you work as hard
as everyone else who is involved in the
same task or activity
i felt that john wasn't pulling his
weight around the house and asked him to
do a bit more of the cleaning
work your fingers to the bone
if you work your fingers to the bone you
work extremely hard
i have washed cooked fetched and carried
all my life i work my fingers to the
bone in this house
work your socks off
if you work your socks off you work
extremely hard
informal
they worked their socks off to make the
business succeed
note you can use this expression with
many other verbs especially verbs
related to performing such as dance act
and play in each case it means a lot or
very well
i danced my socks off last night
capper is currently playing his socks
off for his team
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