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avoir la vie dure1. To have a hard time. 2. To have nine lives.Rate it:

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bone-crunchingVery violent or hard, as an impact.Rate it:

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Bring Home the BaconWorking together to earn livelihoodRate it:

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broke assSomething no longer workingRate it:

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dig deepTry especially hard.Rate it:

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elbow greaseEffort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.Rate it:

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get on toTo progress to; to start working on.Rate it:

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golden helloA payment offered to an employee as an inducement to join, especially if currently working for a competitor.Rate it:

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how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?a tongue twister; if spoken over and over this phrase is hard to say without making a mistakeRate it:

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joe schmoeAn average person, especially a male, usually of blue-collar working class; no one in particular; someone unknown to you.Rate it:

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lab ratA student or employee who spends a great deal of time working in a laboratory.Rate it:

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lick his bootsTo try too hard to please someone important.Rate it:

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needs a swift kick in the slats!Depression Expression; Threats and assertions of physical violence toward certain individuals during 'hard times' was common. Circa 1929-1939.Rate it:

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ponte las pilasstart workingRate it:

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sock-it to em!Hit them hard with the price/cost/details/requirements/hard-facts/negative aspects/Sad Reality:Rate it:

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swot up onTo study particularly hard to learn a subject quickly.Rate it:

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where i'm at is not where i'm going to beYour current situation can always change as long as you work hardRate it:

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You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:

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bust assTo work hard, especially when trying to achieve a goal.Rate it:

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bawl outTo deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand.Rate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnsomething considered very hard to understandRate it:

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buck forTo strive for persistently; to try hard to obtain (a promotion, raise, etc.).Rate it:

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bust one's ballsto work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.Rate it:

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drink from a firehoseTo take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.Rate it:

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lock outAn event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.Rate it:

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be offTo be working against a present or former addiction to.Rate it:

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between scylla and charybdisSimilar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place.Rate it:

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dig inTo make a burst of hard work.Rate it:

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get down to bizfocus, concentrate, think hard.Rate it:

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give it one's best shotTo make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.Rate it:

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hit him like a ton of bricksvery hard or severelyRate it:

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בין הפטיש והסדןcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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boys will be boysIt is hard, often fruitless, to attempt to curb the natural playfulness and tendency to mischief of most growing boys.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13But just then there was a slight altercation between Master Tommy and Master Jacky. Boys will be boys and our two twins were no exception to this golden rule.Even grown men usually remain somewhat boyish in heart"Boys will be boys", grinned grandpa while he joined his adult son playing with the fancy train-set he gave his grandson for Christmas while the kid was in school.Rate it:

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break your backto work extremely hardRate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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stiff as a wedding dickSomething is very hardRate it:

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boire secTo drink hard; To drink wine neat (without adding water).Rate it:

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bread and pull it! or pullit; poulet?Means hard luck; don't complain; that is all there is.Rate it:

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bust a nutto work very hard, put in a lot of effortRate it:

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genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspirationThis is a famous quote attributed to Thomas Edison, a famous and prolific American inventor. The idea that hard work is the most important aspect of new inventions existed before Edison gave his quote, however.Rate it:

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never change a running systemDon't change something that is workingRate it:

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willing horseOne who readily performs hard work or who voluntarily tolerates an adverse situation.Rate it:

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work like a horseTo work very hard; toilRate it:

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X factorAn unknown or hard-to-define influence; a factor with unknown or unforeseeable consequences.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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à force de travaillerBy dint of working.Rate it:

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a horny handed son of the soilA hard working gardener or a farmercalRate it:

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American DreamA philosophy that with hard work, courage and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success.Rate it:

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at workWorking, in the process of doing work.Rate it:

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ball of fireA person who is especially hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active.Rate it:

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