TODAY'S IDIOM: WORK YOUR SOCKS OFF / WORK YOUR TAIL OFF

"WORK YOUR SOCKS OFF / WORK YOUR TAIL OFF"

 

 

If you work your socks off, or work your tail off, you work very hard.

Example: The lawyers that I know earn a lot of money but they work their socks off.

Trabajar muy duro.

Example sentences:

• We had to get the job finished by Friday, so we worked our socks off to get it done on time / Tuvimos que terminar el trabajo para el Viernes, así que trabjamos muy duro para hacerlo a tiempo.

• The sales team worked their tails off this quarter, and they've managed to beat the record for first-quarter sales figures / El equipo de ventas trabajó muy duro este trimestre y han conseguido batir el récord de las cifras de ventas del primer trimestre.

Additional examples:

• His exam's on Monday, so Paul will have to work his socks off if he wants to pass.

• I worked my socks off to get this position.

• If you are willing to work your socks off you can climb the corporate ladder.

 

 

 

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