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Work your socks off 拼命干活

今日短语 Work your socks off 拼命干活

今日短语非正式表达 work your socks off “拼命地干活，连袜子都掉了”被用来形容为达成目标而十分勤奋、努力地做某事。

例句 I worked my socks off at university and graduated with a great degree.

If you want to progress in this company you'll have to work your socks off.

She earns a lot of money, but I know she really work her socks off.

请注意另一个相似的短语 work it off 或 work off 通常指通过锻炼来消耗掉吃下的食物转化成的热量。

例句 When I've eaten too much, I usually try to work it off by going for a long run.

I can't believe I've just eaten two chocolate bars. That's going to take about an hour on the exercise bike to work off.

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