Как сказать WORK HARD
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🖇 be snowed under with work / be swamped with work / be slammed with work - завалило работой
(informal)
= have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all; overwhelmed with work
I'm absolutely snowed under with work at the moment.
I was so swamped with work on Friday that I can’t even really relax now.
I’m getting slammed with math homework.
🖇 break your back - горбатиться
(informal)
= work extremely hard
He broke his back to get the project done on time.
🖇 be rushed off your feet - сбиться с ног
(informal, British)
= be extremely busy often because you are not getting any help or support in your work, be made to work very hard and very quickly
Business was booming, and everyone in the office was rushed off their feet.
🖇 work one's tail/butt/ass off - уработаться, пахать
(mainly US slang,❗️ выбирайте tail/butt/ass в зависимости от того, насколько нейтрально или грубо хотите звучать)
= work really hard, work until you are so tired that you cannot work any more
Sally and Jim work their asses off when we hold our consumer conference each year. I don't know what I'd do without them!
🖇 sweat over something - корпеть/пыхтеть над чем-то
= work very hard using or doing something
She's been sweating over that essay all afternoon.
🖇 run yourself into the ground - вымотаться, работать до изнеможения
(informal)
= make yourself very tired by working too much
We ran ourselves into the ground to meet the July deadline.
🖇 knuckle down (to work) - взяться за работу, приняться за дело
UK /ˈnʌk.əl/ US /ˈnʌk.əl/
(informal)
= start working or studying hard
You're going to have to really knuckle down if you want to pass your final exams.
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(informal)
= have so much work that you have problems dealing with it all; overwhelmed with work
I'm absolutely snowed under with work at the moment.
I was so swamped with work on Friday that I can’t even really relax now.
I’m getting slammed with math homework.
(informal)
= work extremely hard
He broke his back to get the project done on time.
(informal, British)
= be extremely busy often because you are not getting any help or support in your work, be made to work very hard and very quickly
Business was booming, and everyone in the office was rushed off their feet.
(mainly US slang,
= work really hard, work until you are so tired that you cannot work any more
Sally and Jim work their asses off when we hold our consumer conference each year. I don't know what I'd do without them!
= work very hard using or doing something
She's been sweating over that essay all afternoon.
(informal)
= make yourself very tired by working too much
We ran ourselves into the ground to meet the July deadline.
UK /ˈnʌk.əl/ US /ˈnʌk.əl/
(informal)
= start working or studying hard
You're going to have to really knuckle down if you want to pass your final exams.
Btw, спасибо всем, кто писал свои варианты под прошлым постом
Если не читали комментарии, советую зайти, там еще немало интересных выражений.
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