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| slog; slug; grub away; slog away; slog on; work like a beaver; work like a dog; work like a horse; work like a navvy; work like a nigger; work like a slave; nose to the grindstone (PeachyHoney) | |||
work hard (on: “When you’re awarded a bursary, it makes you work harder than you normally would,” she says. “I’m not going to waste any time when I’ve got that concentrated period of time.”  irishtimes.com ART Vancouver) | |||
| toil (After years of toiling in obscurity, the impoverished young artist became an overnight sensation. – Годы упорного труда оправдались ... • While their first tour of America in 1964 was wildly successful, the band was not an overnight success as they had been toiling in Britain for several years prior, he pointed out. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) | |||
| graft (Br. Andrey Truhachev); slave away (Andrey Truhachev); sweat away (Andrey Truhachev) | |||
| labour with patience | |||
| sweat | |||
| have a broom in one's ass; break one's balls | |||
| упорно трудиться: 7 phrases in 4 subjects |
| Figure of speech | 1 |
| General | 1 |
| Informal | 3 |
| Makarov | 2 |