Slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Luna Linh calendar 2021-09-21 11:09

Meaning of Slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out

Synonyms:

give a hundred (and ten) per cent , break your back , do the hard yards , to burn the candle at both ends

Slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out British informal hyperbole

To work very hard for something

The researchers have slogged their guts out for months on this research.

Justin has been working his guts out getting a scholarship to Germany.

My mom sweated her guts out all her life for us.

Other phrases about:

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An industrious person 

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To work extremely hard

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Show signs of great and arduous efforts or labour on study or tasks leading to the result of tiredness and lack of vitality.

gweeb

Someone is extremely boring, often due to being very studious or introverted.

Grammar and Usage of Slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out

Verb Forms

  • slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out
  • slogs/sweats/works your guts out
  • slogged/sweated/worked your guts out

The verbs work/slog/sweat are conjugated according to the tense of the sentence.

Origin of Slog/sweat/work/flog your guts out

Despite of its unknown source, the phrase is used as a hyperbole to stress the amount of effort you put in order to achieve a certain goal. Slog and sweat are two verbs which stress the hard-working attitude, so to slog/sweat/work your guts out can mean that you are willingly work until you exhaust yourself to achieve the goal you desire

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