work one's fingers to the bone
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work one's fingers to the bone (third-person singular simple present works one's fingers to the bone, present participle working one's fingers to the bone, simple past and past participle worked one's fingers to the bone)
- (idiomatic) To work especially hard, usually for an extended period.
- Synonym: toil
- 1983, “Get Down Saturday Night”, in Saturday Night, performed by Oliver Cheatham:
- You work all week long / You work your fingers to the bone / Friday's at an end / I can't wait for Saturday to begin
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