2. blood, sweat and tears
a lot of effort and suffering
It took years of
blood sweat and
tears to make the
weaving business
successful.
https://pixabay.com/photos/wicker-baskets-basket-weaving-6526674/shared under CC0
3. to fight tooth and nail
to use a lot of effort to oppose someone or
achieve something
https://pixabay.com/photos/stretching-first-down-1560303/shared under CC0
He fought
tooth and nail
to score the
decisive
points to win
he match.
.
4. burning the candle
at both ends
to get little sleep because you are busy
The health
professionals were
burning the candle at
both ends during the
peak of the Covid-19
pandemic.
https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-doctor-surgeon-physician-2141808/under CC0
5. to pull your own weight
to do your fair share of the work
Everybody at the farm,
including the children,
were pulling their own
weight.
https://pixabay.com/photos/children-fishing-teamwork-together-1807511/shared under CC0
6. to go into overdrive
to start working very hard.
https://pixabay.com/photos/youtuber-blogger-screenwriter-2838945/under CC0
The
screenwriter
went into
overdrive
because of all
the changes
requested by
the movie
director.
7. to go the extra mile
to make a greater effort than is expected of you
He went the extra
mile when he
showed up at work
at 5 am and started
baking the bread.
https://pixabay.com/photos/baker-bread-bake-nutrition-bakery-4840960/under CC0
