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| bow the back; break one’s back (i.e. work hard); kowtow (with перед, to); crouch one's back (перёд кем-либо); crouch back (перед кем-либо); to how one's back (перед кем-либо); bow back; break one's back; bust one's hump (to work hard: "I bust my hump all day to please my bosses" Рина Грант); slog away (VLZ_58); stoop (A.Rezvov) | |||
| work one's ass off (тяжело работать: That's what I worked my ass off for Taras) | |||
| toil | |||
| keep one's nose to the grindstone (VLZ_58); do back-breaking labor (VLZ_58); keep shoulder to the wheel (VLZ_58) | |||
| bust a gut (VLZ_58); graft (Br. Andrey Truhachev); slave away (Andrey Truhachev); sweat away (Andrey Truhachev); bust nuts (VLZ_58); moil (Andrey Truhachev); toil and moil (Andrey Truhachev); sweat blood (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| curve the back | |||
| гнуть спину: 6 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 3 |
| Informal | 2 |
| Makarov | 1 |